#503AA4#503AA4

#503AA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.163 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503AA4
RGB	rgb(80, 58, 164)
HSL	hsl(252, 48%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 64.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.73, 37.42, -54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.73, 65.87, 304.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.6% 0.048 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(43.6% 0.163 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5202, 7.4114, 35.9383)
Luminance	0.0741 (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

#503AA4 #8EA43A

analogous

#3A59A4 #503AA4 #853AA4

triadic

#503AA4 #A4503A #3AA450

tetradic

#503AA4 #A43A59 #8EA43A #3AA485

square

#503AA4 #A43A59 #8EA43A #3AA485

split-complementary

#503AA4 #A4853A #59A43A

monochromatic

#241A4A #3A2A77 #503AA4 #6E57C4 #9585D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#503AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#503AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503AA4

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503AA4	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 58, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.163 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971c0',
    500: '#503aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503aa4;
$custom-light: #8971c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.453,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43598,
    "c": 0.16263,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503AA4

secondary

#B0BE7C

accent

#D750BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #503AA4

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

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