#503AAE#503AAE

#503AAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.175 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503AAE
RGB	rgb(80, 58, 174)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 66.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, 40.48, -58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 71.45, 304.51°)
OKLab	oklab(44.44% 0.0468 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(44.44% 0.175 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.4590, 7.7869, 40.8827)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.42

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503AAE #98AE3A

analogous

#3A5EAE #503AAE #8A3AAE

triadic

#503AAE #AE503A #3AAE50

tetradic

#503AAE #AE3A5E #98AE3A #3AAE8A

square

#503AAE #AE3A5E #98AE3A #3AAE8A

split-complementary

#503AAE #AE8A3A #5EAE3A

monochromatic

#261B52 #3B2B80 #503AAE #715CC9 #998AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#503AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#503AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503AAE

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503AAE	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29576F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 58, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.175 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a72c7',
    500: '#503aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503aae;
$custom-light: #8a72c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.379,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44436,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503AAE

secondary

#B6C281

accent

#DA4EBF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503AAE

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

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