#503CAA#503CAA

#503CAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.168 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503CAA
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 170)
HSL	hsl(251, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 64.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.64, 38.08, -56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.64, 67.98, 304.07°)
OKLab	oklab(44.41% 0.0453 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(44.41% 0.168 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1777, 7.8388, 38.8938)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.33

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503CAA #96AA3C

analogous

#3C5FAA #503CAA #873CAA

triadic

#503CAA #AA503C #3CAA50

tetradic

#503CAA #AA3C5F #96AA3C #3CAA87

square

#503CAA #AA3C5F #96AA3C #3CAA87

split-complementary

#503CAA #AA873C #5FAA3C

monochromatic

#251C50 #3B2C7D #503CAA #705DC6 #988BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#503CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#503CAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503CAA

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503CAA	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C576D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.168 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973c4',
    500: '#503caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503caa;
$custom-light: #8973c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44414,
    "c": 0.16781,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503CAA

secondary

#B5C081

accent

#D750BF

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503CAA

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

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