#503CA3#503CA3

#503CA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.159 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503CA3
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 163)
HSL	hsl(252, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 63.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.09, 35.92, -53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.09, 64.03, 304.12°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% 0.0459 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.159 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5330, 7.5810, 35.4988)
Luminance	0.0758 (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

#503CA3 #8FA33C

analogous

#3C5BA3 #503CA3 #833CA3

triadic

#503CA3 #A3503C #3CA350

tetradic

#503CA3 #A33C5B #8FA33C #3CA383

square

#503CA3 #A33C5B #8FA33C #3CA383

split-complementary

#503CA3 #A3833C #5BA33C

monochromatic

#241B4A #3A2C76 #503CA3 #6E5AC2 #9587D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#503CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#503CA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503CA3

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503CA3	1.00	8.35	2.52	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32556A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.159 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8873bf',
    500: '#503ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503ca3;
$custom-light: #8873bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.65,
    "s": 46.188,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43841,
    "c": 0.15865,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503CA3

secondary

#B1BD7E

accent

#D652BC

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #503CA3

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

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