#503CAC#503CAC

#503CAC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.170 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503CAC
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 172)
HSL	hsl(251, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 65.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.81, 38.69, -57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.81, 69.10, 304.06°)
OKLab	oklab(44.58% 0.0451 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(44.58% 0.17 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3683, 7.9151, 39.8978)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.13

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503CAC #98AC3C

analogous

#3C60AC #503CAC #883CAC

triadic

#503CAC #AC503C #3CAC50

tetradic

#503CAC #AC3C60 #98AC3C #3CAC88

square

#503CAC #AC3C60 #98AC3C #3CAC88

split-complementary

#503CAC #AC883C #60AC3C

monochromatic

#261C51 #3B2C7F #503CAC #715EC7 #998CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#503CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#503CAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503CAC

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503CAC	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A586E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.170 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a73c6',
    500: '#503cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503cac;
$custom-light: #8a73c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44581,
    "c": 0.1704,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503CAC

secondary

#B6C182

accent

#D850C0

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503CAC

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

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