#503BA5#503BA5

#503BA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.163 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503BA5
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 165)
HSL	hsl(252, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 64.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, 37.13, -54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 65.80, 304.36°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% 0.0468 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.163 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6618, 7.5495, 36.4327)
Luminance	0.0755 (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

#503BA5 #90A53B

analogous

#3B5BA5 #503BA5 #853BA5

triadic

#503BA5 #A5503B #3BA550

tetradic

#503BA5 #A53B5B #90A53B #3BA585

square

#503BA5 #A53B5B #90A53B #3BA585

split-complementary

#503BA5 #A5853B #5BA53B

monochromatic

#241B4B #3A2B78 #503BA5 #6E59C4 #9686D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#503BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#503BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503BA5

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503BA5	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30556A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.163 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8972c0',
    500: '#503ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503ba5;
$custom-light: #8972c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.887,
    "s": 47.321,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43841,
    "c": 0.16261,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503BA5

secondary

#B1BE7E

accent

#D751BC

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #503BA5

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

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