#503B8D#503B8D

#503B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.130 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503B8D
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 141)
HSL	hsl(255, 41%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 58%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 58.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.25, 29.84, -42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.25, 52.02, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% 0.048 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.13 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6786, 6.7562, 25.9883)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503B8D #788D3B

analogous

#3B4F8D #503B8D #793B8D

triadic

#503B8D #8D503B #3B8D50

tetradic

#503B8D #8D3B4F #788D3B #3B8D79

square

#503B8D #8D3B4F #788D3B #3B8D79

split-complementary

#503B8D #8D793B #4F8D3B

monochromatic

#1F1737 #382962 #503B8D #6A50B6 #8E7BC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#503B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#503B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503B8D

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503B8D	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C4B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13488B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.130 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8572af',
    500: '#503b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503b8d;
$custom-light: #8572af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.366,
    "s": 41,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41974,
    "c": 0.1304,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503B8D

secondary

#A1B173

accent

#D157B2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #503B8D

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

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