#503D9B#503D9B

#503D9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.147 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503D9B
RGB	rgb(80, 61, 155)
HSL	hsl(252, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 61%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 60.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.72, 32.86, -48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.72, 58.81, 303.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.38% 0.0453 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(43.38% 0.147 288)
XYZ	xyz(10.8917, 7.4091, 31.8602)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503D9B #889B3D

analogous

#3D599B #503D9B #7F3D9B

triadic

#503D9B #9B503D #3D9B50

tetradic

#503D9B #9B3D59 #889B3D #3D9B7F

square

#503D9B #9B3D59 #889B3D #3D9B7F

split-complementary

#503D9B #9B7F3D #599B3D

monochromatic

#231A43 #392C6F #503D9B #6C58BD #9384CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#503D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#503D9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503D9B

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503D9B	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#375366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 61, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.147 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8773b9',
    500: '#503d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503d9b;
$custom-light: #8773b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.128,
    "s": 43.519,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43377,
    "c": 0.14659,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.0741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503D9B

secondary

#ACB97B

accent

#D355BA

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #503D9B

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

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