#503AAD#503AAD

#503AAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.174 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503AAD
RGB	rgb(80, 58, 173)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 66.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, 40.17, -58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 70.90, 304.51°)
OKLab	oklab(44.35% 0.0469 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(44.35% 0.174 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3619, 7.7481, 40.3712)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.49

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503AAD #97AD3A

analogous

#3A5EAD #503AAD #893AAD

triadic

#503AAD #AD503A #3AAD50

tetradic

#503AAD #AD3A5E #97AD3A #3AAD89

square

#503AAD #AD3A5E #97AD3A #3AAD89

split-complementary

#503AAD #AD893A #5EAD3A

monochromatic

#261B51 #3B2B7F #503AAD #715CC8 #998AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#503AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#503AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503AAD

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503AAD	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A576E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 58, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.174 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a72c6',
    500: '#503aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503aad;
$custom-light: #8a72c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.478,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44351,
    "c": 0.1742,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503AAD

secondary

#B6C281

accent

#D94EBF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503AAD

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

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