#503AB1#503AB1

#503AB1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.179 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503AB1
RGB	rgb(80, 58, 177)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 67.2%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.78, 41.40, -60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.78, 73.11, 304.49°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.0464 -0.1732)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.179 285)
XYZ	xyz(12.7547, 7.9052, 42.4402)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.27

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503AB1 #9BB13A

analogous

#3A60B1 #503AB1 #8B3AB1

triadic

#503AB1 #B1503A #3AB150

tetradic

#503AB1 #B13A60 #9BB13A #3AB18B

square

#503AB1 #B13A60 #9BB13A #3AB18B

split-complementary

#503AB1 #B18B3A #60B13A

monochromatic

#261C55 #3B2B83 #503AB1 #725ECA #9A8CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#503AB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#503AB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503AB1

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503AB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503AB1	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#255870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503ab1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 58, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.179 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b72c9',
    500: '#503ab1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503ab1;
$custom-light: #8b72c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503ab1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.092,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44694,
    "c": 0.17928,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.07906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503AB1

secondary

#B8C483

accent

#DA4EC0

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503AB1

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

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