#503D9F#503D9F

#503D9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.152 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503D9F
RGB	rgb(80, 61, 159)
HSL	hsl(252, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(252, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 61.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.02, 34.09, -50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.02, 61.11, 303.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% 0.0451 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.152 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2332, 7.5457, 33.6587)
Luminance	0.0755 (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

#503D9F #8C9F3D

analogous

#3D5B9F #503D9F #813D9F

triadic

#503D9F #9F503D #3D9F50

tetradic

#503D9F #9F3D5B #8C9F3D #3D9F81

square

#503D9F #9F3D5B #8C9F3D #3D9F81

split-complementary

#503D9F #9F813D #5B9F3D

monochromatic

#231B47 #3A2C73 #503D9F #6D5AC0 #9486D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#503D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#503D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503D9F

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503D9F	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 61, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.152 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8873bc',
    500: '#503d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503d9f;
$custom-light: #8873bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.633,
    "s": 44.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43689,
    "c": 0.15197,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503D9F

secondary

#AFBB7D

accent

#D454BB

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #503D9F

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

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