#503CA9#503CA9

#503CA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.167 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503CA9
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 169)
HSL	hsl(251, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 64.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.57, 37.77, -55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.57, 67.42, 304.07°)
OKLab	oklab(44.33% 0.0454 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(44.33% 0.167 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0834, 7.8011, 38.3975)
Luminance	0.0780 (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

#503CA9 #95A93C

analogous

#3C5FA9 #503CA9 #863CA9

triadic

#503CA9 #A9503C #3CA950

tetradic

#503CA9 #A93C5F #95A93C #3CA986

square

#503CA9 #A93C5F #95A93C #3CA986

split-complementary

#503CA9 #A9863C #5FA93C

monochromatic

#251C4F #3B2C7C #503CA9 #705DC5 #988AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#503CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#503CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503CA9

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503CA9	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D576D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.167 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973c3',
    500: '#503ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503ca9;
$custom-light: #8973c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.009,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44331,
    "c": 0.1665,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503CA9

secondary

#B4C081

accent

#D751BF

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503CA9

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

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