#503BAE#503BAE

#503BAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.174 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503BAE
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 174)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 66.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, 39.90, -58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 70.83, 304.28°)
OKLab	oklab(44.59% 0.0459 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(44.59% 0.174 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5099, 7.8887, 40.8997)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.19

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503BAE #99AE3B

analogous

#3B5FAE #503BAE #893BAE

triadic

#503BAE #AE503B #3BAE50

tetradic

#503BAE #AE3B5F #99AE3B #3BAE89

square

#503BAE #AE3B5F #99AE3B #3BAE89

split-complementary

#503BAE #AE893B #5FAE3B

monochromatic

#261C53 #3B2C80 #503BAE #715EC8 #998CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#503BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#503BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503BAE

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503BAE	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28586F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.174 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a72c7',
    500: '#503bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503bae;
$custom-light: #8a72c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.957,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44591,
    "c": 0.17423,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503BAE

secondary

#B7C282

accent

#D94FC0

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503BAE

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

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