#503C8B#503C8B

#503C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.126 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503C8B
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 139)
HSL	hsl(255, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 56.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, 28.62, -41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 50.17, 304.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.0466 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.126 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5831, 6.8010, 25.2289)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503C8B #778B3C

analogous

#3C508B #503C8B #783C8B

triadic

#503C8B #8B503C #3C8B50

tetradic

#503C8B #8B3C50 #778B3C #3C8B78

square

#503C8B #8B3C50 #778B3C #3C8B78

split-complementary

#503C8B #8B783C #508B3C

monochromatic

#1F1736 #372A60 #503C8B #6A51B4 #8E7BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#503C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#503C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503C8B

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503C8B	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.126 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8572ad',
    500: '#503c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503c8b;
$custom-light: #8572ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.19,
    "s": 39.698,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42007,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503C8B

secondary

#A0B073

accent

#D058B1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #503C8B

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

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