#503B95#503B95

#503B95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.141 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503B95
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 149)
HSL	hsl(254, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 60%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 60.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.81, 32.25, -46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.81, 56.67, 304.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.0478 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.141 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2955, 7.0030, 29.2372)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503B95 #80953B

analogous

#3B5395 #503B95 #7D3B95

triadic

#503B95 #95503B #3B9550

tetradic

#503B95 #953B53 #80953B #3B957D

square

#503B95 #953B53 #80953B #3B957D

split-complementary

#503B95 #957D3B #53953B

monochromatic

#21183D #382A69 #503B95 #6B53BB #907ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#503B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#503B95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503B95

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503B95	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.141 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8672b5',
    500: '#503b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503b95;
$custom-light: #8672b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254,
    "s": 43.269,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42573,
    "c": 0.14134,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503B95

secondary

#A7B676

accent

#D355B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #503B95

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

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