#503D8D#503D8D

#503D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.127 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503D8D
RGB	rgb(80, 61, 141)
HSL	hsl(254, 40%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 56.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, 28.60, -41.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 50.67, 304.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% 0.0454 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.127 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.7834, 6.9657, 26.0232)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503D8D #7A8D3D

analogous

#3D528D #503D8D #783D8D

triadic

#503D8D #8D503D #3D8D50

tetradic

#503D8D #8D3D52 #7A8D3D #3D8D78

square

#503D8D #8D3D52 #7A8D3D #3D8D78

split-complementary

#503D8D #8D783D #528D3D

monochromatic

#201838 #382B62 #503D8D #6A53B4 #8F7DC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#503D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#503D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503D8D

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503D8D	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18498B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 61, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.127 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8573af',
    500: '#503d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503d8d;
$custom-light: #8573af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.25,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42331,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503D8D

secondary

#A3B175

accent

#CF58B3

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #503D8D

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

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