#503BB1#503BB1

#503BB1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.178 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503BB1
RGB	rgb(80, 59, 177)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 66.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.00, 40.82, -59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.00, 72.50, 304.27°)
OKLab	oklab(44.85% 0.0455 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(44.85% 0.178 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.8056, 8.0070, 42.4572)
Luminance	0.0801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.02

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503BB1 #9CB13B

analogous

#3B61B1 #503BB1 #8B3BB1

triadic

#503BB1 #B1503B #3BB150

tetradic

#503BB1 #B13B61 #9CB13B #3BB18B

square

#503BB1 #B13B61 #9CB13B #3BB18B

split-complementary

#503BB1 #B18B3B #61B13B

monochromatic

#271C55 #3B2C83 #503BB1 #725FCA #9B8DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#503BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#503BB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503BB1

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503BB1	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#255971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 59, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.178 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a72c9',
    500: '#503bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503bb1;
$custom-light: #8a72c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.678,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44847,
    "c": 0.17805,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503BB1

secondary

#B8C484

accent

#DA4EC1

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503BB1

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

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