#503DA4#503DA4

#503DA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.159 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503DA4
RGB	rgb(80, 61, 164)
HSL	hsl(251, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 62.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.40, 35.63, -53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.40, 63.96, 303.85°)
OKLab	oklab(44.09% 0.0448 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(44.09% 0.159 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6759, 7.7227, 35.9902)
Luminance	0.0772 (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

#503DA4 #91A43D

analogous

#3D5EA4 #503DA4 #843DA4

triadic

#503DA4 #A4503D #3DA450

tetradic

#503DA4 #A43D5E #91A43D #3DA484

square

#503DA4 #A43D5E #91A43D #3DA484

split-complementary

#503DA4 #A4843D #5EA43D

monochromatic

#241C4B #3A2C77 #503DA4 #6F5CC2 #9688D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#503DA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#503DA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503DA4

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503DA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503DA4	1.00	8.25	2.54	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31556A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503da4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 61, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.159 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8873c0',
    500: '#503da4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503da4;
$custom-light: #8873c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503da4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.068,
    "s": 45.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44087,
    "c": 0.15863,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503DA4

secondary

#B2BD7F

accent

#D552BD

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #503DA4

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

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