#503AAF#503AAF

#503AAF is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.177 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503AAF
RGB	rgb(80, 58, 175)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 66.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.62, 40.78, -59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.62, 72.01, 304.50°)
OKLab	oklab(44.52% 0.0467 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(44.52% 0.177 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5569, 7.8260, 41.3980)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.37

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503AAF #99AF3A

analogous

#3A5EAF #503AAF #8A3AAF

triadic

#503AAF #AF503A #3AAF50

tetradic

#503AAF #AF3A5E #99AF3A #3AAF8A

square

#503AAF #AF3A5E #99AF3A #3AAF8A

split-complementary

#503AAF #AF8A3A #5EAF3A

monochromatic

#261C53 #3B2B81 #503AAF #715DC9 #998BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#503AAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#503AAF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503AAF

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503AAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503AAF	1.00	8.19	2.57	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28576F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503aaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 58, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.177 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a72c8',
    500: '#503aaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503aaf;
$custom-light: #8a72c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503aaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.282,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44522,
    "c": 0.17675,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503AAF

secondary

#B7C382

accent

#DA4EBF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503AAF

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

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