#503D72#503D72

#503D72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.089 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503D72
RGB	rgb(80, 61, 114)
HSL	hsl(262, 30%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 46%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 46.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.05, 20.74, -27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.05, 34.57, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.54% 0.0429 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(40.54% 0.089 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0136, 6.2578, 16.7020)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503D72 #5F723D

analogous

#3D4572 #503D72 #6B3D72

triadic

#503D72 #72503D #3D7250

tetradic

#503D72 #723D45 #5F723D #3D726B

square

#503D72 #723D45 #5F723D #3D726B

split-complementary

#503D72 #726B3D #45723D

monochromatic

#181222 #34284A #503D72 #6C529A #8C75B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#503D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#503D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503D72

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503D72	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E4774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 61, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.089 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83739b',
    500: '#503d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503d72;
$custom-light: #83739b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.509,
    "s": 30.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4054,
    "c": 0.08855,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503D72

secondary

#8D9F6C

accent

#C761A2

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFECF2

border

#CAC7CC

text

#0B080E

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #503D72

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

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