#503B8A#503B8A

#503B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.126 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503B8A
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 138)
HSL	hsl(256, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 57.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 28.95, -41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 50.26, 305.17°)
OKLab	oklab(41.76% 0.0479 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(41.76% 0.126 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.4584, 6.6681, 24.8286)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503B8A #758A3B

analogous

#3B4D8A #503B8A #773B8A

triadic

#503B8A #8A503B #3B8A50

tetradic

#503B8A #8A3B4D #758A3B #3B8A77

square

#503B8A #8A3B4D #758A3B #3B8A77

split-complementary

#503B8A #8A773B #4D8A3B

monochromatic

#1E1634 #37295F #503B8A #694FB4 #8E79C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#503B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#503B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503B8A

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503B8A	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#124A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404C5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.126 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8571ad',
    500: '#503b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503b8a;
$custom-light: #8571ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.949,
    "s": 40.102,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41756,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503B8A

secondary

#9FAF71

accent

#D058B0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #503B8A

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

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