#503BAA#503BAA

#503BAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.169 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503BAA
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 170)
HSL	hsl(251, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 65.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.42, 38.67, -56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.42, 68.61, 304.31°)
OKLab	oklab(44.26% 0.0463 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(44.26% 0.169 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1258, 7.7351, 38.8765)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.53

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503BAA #95AA3B

analogous

#3B5EAA #503BAA #873BAA

triadic

#503BAA #AA503B #3BAA50

tetradic

#503BAA #AA3B5E #95AA3B #3BAA87

square

#503BAA #AA3B5E #95AA3B #3BAA87

split-complementary

#503BAA #AA873B #5EAA3B

monochromatic

#251B4F #3B2B7D #503BAA #705CC6 #9889D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#503BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#503BAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503BAA

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503BAA	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C566D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.169 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8972c4',
    500: '#503baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503baa;
$custom-light: #8972c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.351,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44255,
    "c": 0.1691,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503BAA

secondary

#B4C080

accent

#D850BE

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503BAA

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

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