#503BA4#503BA4

#503BA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.161 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503BA4
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 164)
HSL	hsl(252, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 64%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 36.83, -53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 65.23, 304.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% 0.0469 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.161 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5711, 7.5132, 35.9553)
Luminance	0.0751 (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

#503BA4 #8FA43B

analogous

#3B5AA4 #503BA4 #843BA4

triadic

#503BA4 #A4503B #3BA450

tetradic

#503BA4 #A43B5A #8FA43B #3BA484

square

#503BA4 #A43B5A #8FA43B #3BA484

split-complementary

#503BA4 #A4843B #5AA43B

monochromatic

#241B4A #3A2B77 #503BA4 #6E59C3 #9586D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#503BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#503BA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503BA4

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503BA4	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31546A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.161 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8872c0',
    500: '#503ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503ba4;
$custom-light: #8872c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43759,
    "c": 0.1613,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503BA4

secondary

#B1BE7D

accent

#D751BC

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #503BA4

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

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