#503A99#503A99

#503A99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.148 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503A99
RGB	rgb(80, 58, 153)
HSL	hsl(254, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 62%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 62.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.88, 34.07, -48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.88, 59.62, 304.85°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.0488 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.148 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5695, 7.0311, 30.9310)
Luminance	0.0703 (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

#503A99 #83993A

analogous

#3A5499 #503A99 #803A99

triadic

#503A99 #99503A #3A9950

tetradic

#503A99 #993A54 #83993A #3A9980

square

#503A99 #993A54 #83993A #3A9980

split-complementary

#503A99 #99803A #54993A

monochromatic

#221840 #39296D #503A99 #6B53BE #917FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#503A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#503A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503A99

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503A99	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#395064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 58, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.148 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8771b8',
    500: '#503a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503a99;
$custom-light: #8771b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.895,
    "s": 45.024,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42713,
    "c": 0.14814,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503A99

secondary

#A9B877

accent

#D553B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #503A99

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

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