#503CA0#503CA0

#503CA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.155 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503CA0
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 160)
HSL	hsl(252, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(252, 63%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 62.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, 35.00, -51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 62.33, 304.16°)
OKLab	oklab(43.6% 0.0462 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(43.6% 0.155 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2674, 7.4747, 34.1000)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503CA0 #8CA03C

analogous

#3C5AA0 #503CA0 #823CA0

triadic

#503CA0 #A0503C #3CA050

tetradic

#503CA0 #A03C5A #8CA03C #3CA082

square

#503CA0 #A03C5A #8CA03C #3CA082

split-complementary

#503CA0 #A0823C #5AA03C

monochromatic

#231B47 #3A2B73 #503CA0 #6D59C1 #9485D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#503CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#503CA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503CA0

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503CA0	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#345468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.155 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8873bd',
    500: '#503ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503ca0;
$custom-light: #8873bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43601,
    "c": 0.15468,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503CA0

secondary

#AFBB7C

accent

#D553BB

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #503CA0

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

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