#503D8A#503D8A

#503D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.123 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503D8A
RGB	rgb(80, 61, 138)
HSL	hsl(255, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 56%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 55.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, 27.70, -40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 48.90, 304.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.0453 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.123 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5632, 6.8777, 24.8635)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503D8A #778A3D

analogous

#3D518A #503D8A #773D8A

triadic

#503D8A #8A503D #3D8A50

tetradic

#503D8A #8A3D51 #778A3D #3D8A77

square

#503D8A #8A3D51 #778A3D #3D8A77

split-complementary

#503D8A #8A773D #518A3D

monochromatic

#1F1735 #372A60 #503D8A #6A52B2 #8E7CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#503D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#503D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503D8A

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503D8A	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#184B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 61, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.123 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8573ad',
    500: '#503d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503d8a;
$custom-light: #8573ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.805,
    "s": 38.693,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42116,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503D8A

secondary

#A0AF74

accent

#CF59B2

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #503D8A

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

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