#503BB0#503BB0

#503BB0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.177 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503BB0
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 176)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 66.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.91, 40.51, -59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.91, 71.94, 304.27°)
OKLab	oklab(44.76% 0.0456 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(44.76% 0.177 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.7063, 7.9673, 41.9342)
Luminance	0.0797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.07

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503BB0 #9BB03B

analogous

#3B60B0 #503BB0 #8A3BB0

triadic

#503BB0 #B0503B #3BB050

tetradic

#503BB0 #B03B60 #9BB03B #3BB08A

square

#503BB0 #B03B60 #9BB03B #3BB08A

split-complementary

#503BB0 #B08A3B #60B03B

monochromatic

#261C54 #3B2C82 #503BB0 #725FC9 #9A8DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#503BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#503BB0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503BB0

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503BB0	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#265870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.177 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a72c9',
    500: '#503bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503bb0;
$custom-light: #8a72c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.769,
    "s": 49.787,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44762,
    "c": 0.17678,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503BB0

secondary

#B8C383

accent

#D94EC0

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503BB0

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

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