#503BA3#503BA3

#503BA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.160 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503BA3
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 163)
HSL	hsl(252, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 63.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.87, 36.52, -53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.87, 64.67, 304.38°)
OKLab	oklab(43.68% 0.047 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(43.68% 0.16 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4811, 7.4772, 35.4815)
Luminance	0.0748 (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

#503BA3 #8EA33B

analogous

#3B5AA3 #503BA3 #843BA3

triadic

#503BA3 #A3503B #3BA350

tetradic

#503BA3 #A33B5A #8EA33B #3BA384

square

#503BA3 #A33B5A #8EA33B #3BA384

split-complementary

#503BA3 #A3843B #5AA33B

monochromatic

#241A49 #3A2B76 #503BA3 #6E58C3 #9585D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#503BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#503BA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503BA3

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503BA3	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#325469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.160 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8872bf',
    500: '#503ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503ba3;
$custom-light: #8872bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.115,
    "s": 46.847,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43677,
    "c": 0.15999,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503BA3

secondary

#B0BD7D

accent

#D651BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #503BA3

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

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