#503AB3#503AB3

#503AB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.182 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503AB3
RGB	rgb(80, 58, 179)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 67.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.95, 42.01, -61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.95, 74.21, 304.48°)
OKLab	oklab(44.87% 0.0461 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(44.87% 0.182 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.9555, 7.9855, 43.4978)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.21

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503AB3 #9DB33A

analogous

#3A61B3 #503AB3 #8D3AB3

triadic

#503AB3 #B3503A #3AB350

tetradic

#503AB3 #B33A61 #9DB33A #3AB38D

square

#503AB3 #B33A61 #9DB33A #3AB38D

split-complementary

#503AB3 #B38D3A #61B33A

monochromatic

#271C57 #3B2B85 #503AB3 #735FCB #9B8DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#503AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#503AB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503AB3

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503AB3	1.00	8.09	2.60	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#235971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 58, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.182 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b72cb',
    500: '#503ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503ab3;
$custom-light: #8b72cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 51.055,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44867,
    "c": 0.1818,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503AB3

secondary

#B9C584

accent

#DB4DC1

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF9

border

#CBC8D2

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503AB3

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

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