#503C8D#503C8D

#503C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.129 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503C8D
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 141)
HSL	hsl(255, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 57.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.49, 29.22, -42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.49, 51.34, 304.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.0467 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.129 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.7305, 6.8600, 26.0056)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503C8D #798D3C

analogous

#3C508D #503C8D #793C8D

triadic

#503C8D #8D503C #3C8D50

tetradic

#503C8D #8D3C50 #798D3C #3C8D79

square

#503C8D #8D3C50 #798D3C #3C8D79

split-complementary

#503C8D #8D793C #508D3C

monochromatic

#1F1737 #382A62 #503C8D #6A51B5 #8F7CC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#503C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#503C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503C8D

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503C8D	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#104B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15488B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.129 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8572af',
    500: '#503c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503c8d;
$custom-light: #8572af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.815,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42151,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503C8D

secondary

#A2B174

accent

#D058B2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #503C8D

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

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