#503C91#503C91

#503C91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.134 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503C91
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 145)
HSL	hsl(254, 41%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 59%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 58.6%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 30.43, -44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 53.68, 304.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.0467 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.134 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0335, 6.9812, 27.6014)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503C91 #7D913C

analogous

#3C5291 #503C91 #7B3C91

triadic

#503C91 #91503C #3C9150

tetradic

#503C91 #913C52 #7D913C #3C917B

square

#503C91 #913C52 #7D913C #3C917B

split-complementary

#503C91 #917B3C #52913C

monochromatic

#20183A #382A66 #503C91 #6A53B8 #907ECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#503C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#503C91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503C91

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503C91	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#064C94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C498F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.134 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8672b2',
    500: '#503c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503c91;
$custom-light: #8672b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42445,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503C91

secondary

#A5B375

accent

#D157B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #503C91

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

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