#503CA5#503CA5

#503CA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.161 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503CA5
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 165)
HSL	hsl(251, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 63.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 36.54, -53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 65.16, 304.10°)
OKLab	oklab(44% 0.0458 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.161 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7136, 7.6532, 36.4500)
Luminance	0.0765 (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

#503CA5 #91A53C

analogous

#3C5CA5 #503CA5 #853CA5

triadic

#503CA5 #A5503C #3CA550

tetradic

#503CA5 #A53C5C #91A53C #3CA585

square

#503CA5 #A53C5C #91A53C #3CA585

split-complementary

#503CA5 #A5853C #5CA53C

monochromatic

#241B4B #3A2C78 #503CA5 #6F5BC3 #9688D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#503CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#503CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503CA5

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503CA5	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.161 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973c0',
    500: '#503ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503ca5;
$custom-light: #8973c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44003,
    "c": 0.16128,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503CA5

secondary

#B2BE7F

accent

#D651BD

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #503CA5

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

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