#503BAF#503BAF

#503BAF is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.176 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503BAF
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 175)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 66.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.83, 40.20, -58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.83, 71.39, 304.28°)
OKLab	oklab(44.68% 0.0457 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(44.68% 0.176 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.6078, 7.9279, 41.4150)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.13

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503BAF #9AAF3B

analogous

#3B60AF #503BAF #8A3BAF

triadic

#503BAF #AF503B #3BAF50

tetradic

#503BAF #AF3B60 #9AAF3B #3BAF8A

square

#503BAF #AF3B60 #9AAF3B #3BAF8A

split-complementary

#503BAF #AF8A3B #60AF3B

monochromatic

#261C53 #3B2C81 #503BAF #725EC9 #9A8CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#503BAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#503BAF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503BAF

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503BAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503BAF	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#275870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503baf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.176 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a72c8',
    500: '#503baf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503baf;
$custom-light: #8a72c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503baf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.862,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44676,
    "c": 0.17551,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503BAF

secondary

#B7C383

accent

#D94FC0

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503BAF

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

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