#503BA6#503BA6

#503BA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.164 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503BA6
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 166)
HSL	hsl(252, 48%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 64.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, 37.44, -54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 66.36, 304.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% 0.0467 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.164 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7531, 7.5860, 36.9139)
Luminance	0.0759 (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

#503BA6 #91A63B

analogous

#3B5CA6 #503BA6 #863BA6

triadic

#503BA6 #A6503B #3BA650

tetradic

#503BA6 #A63B5C #91A63B #3BA686

square

#503BA6 #A63B5C #91A63B #3BA686

split-complementary

#503BA6 #A6863B #5CA63B

monochromatic

#241B4C #3A2B79 #503BA6 #6F5AC4 #9687D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#503BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#503BA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503BA6

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503BA6	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.164 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8972c1',
    500: '#503ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503ba6;
$custom-light: #8972c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.776,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43923,
    "c": 0.16391,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503BA6

secondary

#B2BF7E

accent

#D751BD

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #503BA6

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

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