#503CB0#503CB0

#503CB0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.176 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503CB0
RGB	rgb(80, 60, 176)
HSL	hsl(250, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(250, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 65.9%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.13, 39.93, -59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.13, 71.32, 304.04°)
OKLab	oklab(44.92% 0.0447 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(44.92% 0.176 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7582, 8.0711, 41.9515)
Luminance	0.0807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.83

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503CB0 #9CB03C

analogous

#3C62B0 #503CB0 #8A3CB0

triadic

#503CB0 #B0503C #3CB050

tetradic

#503CB0 #B03C62 #9CB03C #3CB08A

square

#503CB0 #B03C62 #9CB03C #3CB08A

split-complementary

#503CB0 #B08A3C #62B03C

monochromatic

#271D55 #3B2C82 #503CB0 #7260C9 #9B8ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#503CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#503CB0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503CB0

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503CB0	1.00	8.03	2.61	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#265970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 60, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.176 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a73c8',
    500: '#503cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503cb0;
$custom-light: #8a73c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.345,
    "s": 49.153,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44918,
    "c": 0.17553,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503CB0

secondary

#B8C385

accent

#D94FC1

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503CB0

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

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