#503D89#503D89

#503D89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.122 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503D89
RGB	rgb(80, 61, 137)
HSL	hsl(255, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 55.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 27.40, -39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 48.31, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% 0.0453 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.122 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4911, 6.8488, 24.4840)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503D89 #76893D

analogous

#3D5089 #503D89 #763D89

triadic

#503D89 #89503D #3D8950

tetradic

#503D89 #893D50 #76893D #3D8976

square

#503D89 #893D50 #76893D #3D8976

split-complementary

#503D89 #89763D #50893D

monochromatic

#1F1734 #372A5F #503D89 #6A51B2 #8E7CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#503D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#503D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503D89

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503D89	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D4987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 61, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.122 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8573ac',
    500: '#503d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503d89;
$custom-light: #8573ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 38.384,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42046,
    "c": 0.12172,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503D89

secondary

#A0AE73

accent

#CE59B1

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #503D89

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

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