#503A98#503A98

#503A98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.147 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503A98
RGB	rgb(80, 58, 152)
HSL	hsl(254, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 62%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 61.8%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.80, 33.77, -48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.80, 59.05, 304.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% 0.0489 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.147 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4872, 6.9982, 30.4979)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503A98 #82983A

analogous

#3A5398 #503A98 #7F3A98

triadic

#503A98 #98503A #3A9850

tetradic

#503A98 #983A53 #82983A #3A987F

square

#503A98 #983A53 #82983A #3A987F

split-complementary

#503A98 #987F3A #53983A

monochromatic

#21183F #39296C #503A98 #6B52BD #917ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#503A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#503A98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503A98

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503A98	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#395063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 58, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.147 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8771b7',
    500: '#503a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503a98;
$custom-light: #8771b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.043,
    "s": 44.762,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42635,
    "c": 0.14681,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503A98

secondary

#A8B876

accent

#D453B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #503A98

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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