#503B99#503B99

#503B99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.147 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503B99
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 153)
HSL	hsl(253, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 61.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.11, 33.47, -48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.11, 58.97, 304.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.0477 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.147 289)
XYZ	xyz(10.6204, 7.1329, 30.9480)
Luminance	0.0713 (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

#503B99 #84993B

analogous

#3B5599 #503B99 #7F3B99

triadic

#503B99 #99503B #3B9950

tetradic

#503B99 #993B55 #84993B #3B997F

square

#503B99 #993B55 #84993B #3B997F

split-complementary

#503B99 #997F3B #55993B

monochromatic

#221941 #392A6D #503B99 #6C54BD #9280CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#503B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#503B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503B99

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503B99	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#395164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.147 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8772b8',
    500: '#503b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503b99;
$custom-light: #8772b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.404,
    "s": 44.34,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42881,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.07133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503B99

secondary

#AAB878

accent

#D454B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #503B99

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

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