#503BAD#503BAD

#503BAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.173 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503BAD
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 173)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 65.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.67, 39.59, -58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.67, 70.28, 304.29°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% 0.046 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.173 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4128, 7.8499, 40.3882)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.26

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503BAD #98AD3B

analogous

#3B5FAD #503BAD #893BAD

triadic

#503BAD #AD503B #3BAD50

tetradic

#503BAD #AD3B5F #98AD3B #3BAD89

square

#503BAD #AD3B5F #98AD3B #3BAD89

split-complementary

#503BAD #AD893B #5FAD3B

monochromatic

#261C52 #3B2B7F #503BAD #715DC8 #998BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#503BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#503BAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503BAD

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503BAD	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29576F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.173 285.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.053,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44507,
    "c": 0.17295,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503BAD

secondary

#B6C282

accent

#D94FBF

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503BAD

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

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