#503B97#503B97

#503B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.144 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503B97
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 151)
HSL	hsl(254, 44%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 61%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 60.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 32.86, -47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 57.82, 304.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% 0.0478 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.144 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4566, 7.0674, 30.0853)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503B97 #82973B

analogous

#3B5497 #503B97 #7E3B97

triadic

#503B97 #97503B #3B9750

tetradic

#503B97 #973B54 #82973B #3B977E

square

#503B97 #973B54 #82973B #3B977E

split-complementary

#503B97 #977E3B #54973B

monochromatic

#21193F #392A6B #503B97 #6B53BC #917FCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#503B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#503B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503B97

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503B97	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A5063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.144 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8772b6',
    500: '#503b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503b97;
$custom-light: #8772b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.696,
    "s": 43.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42726,
    "c": 0.14404,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503B97

secondary

#A8B777

accent

#D454B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #503B97

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

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