#503AA9#503AA9

#503AA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.169 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503AA9
RGB	rgb(80, 58, 169)
HSL	hsl(252, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 65.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.13, 38.95, -56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.13, 68.67, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.01% 0.0474 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(44.01% 0.169 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9806, 7.5955, 38.3632)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.82

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503AA9 #93A93A

analogous

#3A5CA9 #503AA9 #883AA9

triadic

#503AA9 #A9503A #3AA950

tetradic

#503AA9 #A93A5C #93A93A #3AA988

square

#503AA9 #A93A5C #93A93A #3AA988

split-complementary

#503AA9 #A9883A #5CA93A

monochromatic

#251B4E #3A2A7B #503AA9 #6F5AC6 #9787D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#503AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#503AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503AA9

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503AA9	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 58, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.169 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971c3',
    500: '#503aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503aa9;
$custom-light: #8971c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.892,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44013,
    "c": 0.16909,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503AA9

secondary

#B3C07F

accent

#D84FBD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503AA9

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

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