#503CAB#503CAB

#503CAB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.169 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503CAB
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 171)
HSL	hsl(251, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 64.9%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, 38.39, -56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 68.54, 304.06°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% 0.0452 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.169 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2726, 7.8768, 39.3939)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.23

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503CAB #97AB3C

analogous

#3C5FAB #503CAB #883CAB

triadic

#503CAB #AB503C #3CAB50

tetradic

#503CAB #AB3C5F #97AB3C #3CAB88

square

#503CAB #AB3C5F #97AB3C #3CAB88

split-complementary

#503CAB #AB883C #5FAB3C

monochromatic

#261C50 #3B2C7E #503CAB #715EC6 #998BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#503CAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#503CAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503CAB

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503CAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503CAB	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B576E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503cab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.169 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973c5',
    500: '#503cab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503cab;
$custom-light: #8973c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503cab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.811,
    "s": 48.052,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44497,
    "c": 0.16911,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503CAB

secondary

#B6C182

accent

#D850BF

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503CAB

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

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