#503BAC#503BAC

#503BAC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.172 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503BAC
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 172)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 65.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, 39.28, -57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 69.72, 304.29°)
OKLab	oklab(44.42% 0.0461 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(44.42% 0.172 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3164, 7.8113, 39.8805)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.34

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503BAC #97AC3B

analogous

#3B5FAC #503BAC #883BAC

triadic

#503BAC #AC503B #3BAC50

tetradic

#503BAC #AC3B5F #97AC3B #3BAC88

square

#503BAC #AC3B5F #97AC3B #3BAC88

split-complementary

#503BAC #AC883B #5FAC3B

monochromatic

#261C51 #3B2B7E #503BAC #715DC7 #998AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#503BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#503BAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503BAC

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503BAC	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A576E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.172 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a72c6',
    500: '#503bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503bac;
$custom-light: #8a72c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.15,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44422,
    "c": 0.17166,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503BAC

secondary

#B6C181

accent

#D84FBF

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503BAC

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

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