#503CAE#503CAE

#503CAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.173 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503CAE
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 174)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 65.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.97, 39.31, -58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.97, 70.21, 304.05°)
OKLab	oklab(44.75% 0.0449 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(44.75% 0.173 285)
XYZ	xyz(12.5618, 7.9925, 40.9170)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.96

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503CAE #9AAE3C

analogous

#3C61AE #503CAE #893CAE

triadic

#503CAE #AE503C #3CAE50

tetradic

#503CAE #AE3C61 #9AAE3C #3CAE89

square

#503CAE #AE3C61 #9AAE3C #3CAE89

split-complementary

#503CAE #AE893C #61AE3C

monochromatic

#261D53 #3B2C80 #503CAE #725FC8 #9A8DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#503CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#503CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503CAE

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503CAE	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28586F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.173 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a73c7',
    500: '#503cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503cae;
$custom-light: #8a73c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.526,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44749,
    "c": 0.17298,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.07993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503CAE

secondary

#B7C283

accent

#D850C0

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503CAE

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

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