#503CA8#503CA8

#503CA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.165 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503CA8
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 168)
HSL	hsl(251, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 64.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.49, 37.46, -55.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.49, 66.86, 304.08°)
OKLab	oklab(44.25% 0.0455 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(44.25% 0.165 286)
XYZ	xyz(11.9899, 7.7637, 37.9050)
Luminance	0.0776 (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

#503CA8 #94A83C

analogous

#3C5EA8 #503CA8 #863CA8

triadic

#503CA8 #A8503C #3CA850

tetradic

#503CA8 #A83C5E #94A83C #3CA886

square

#503CA8 #A83C5E #94A83C #3CA886

split-complementary

#503CA8 #A8863C #5EA83C

monochromatic

#251C4E #3B2C7B #503CA8 #705CC5 #9789D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#503CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#503CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503CA8

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503CA8	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E566C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.165 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973c3',
    500: '#503ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503ca8;
$custom-light: #8973c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44249,
    "c": 0.1652,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.07764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503CA8

secondary

#B4BF80

accent

#D751BE

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503CA8

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

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