#503AA8#503AA8

#503AA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.168 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503AA8
RGB	rgb(80, 58, 168)
HSL	hsl(252, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 65.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.05, 38.64, -56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.05, 68.11, 304.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.93% 0.0475 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(43.93% 0.168 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8871, 7.5581, 37.8707)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.92

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503AA8 #92A83A

analogous

#3A5BA8 #503AA8 #873AA8

triadic

#503AA8 #A8503A #3AA850

tetradic

#503AA8 #A83A5B #92A83A #3AA887

square

#503AA8 #A83A5B #92A83A #3AA887

split-complementary

#503AA8 #A8873A #5BA83A

monochromatic

#251B4D #3A2A7B #503AA8 #6F59C6 #9787D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#503AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#503AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503AA8

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503AA8	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 58, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.168 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971c3',
    500: '#503aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503aa8;
$custom-light: #8971c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43929,
    "c": 0.1678,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503AA8

secondary

#B3C07E

accent

#D850BD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503AA8

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

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