#503DA5#503DA5

#503DA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.160 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503DA5
RGB	rgb(80, 61, 165)
HSL	hsl(251, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 63%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 63%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, 35.94, -53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 64.52, 303.85°)
OKLab	oklab(44.17% 0.0447 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(44.17% 0.16 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7665, 7.7590, 36.4677)
Luminance	0.0776 (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

#503DA5 #92A53D

analogous

#3D5EA5 #503DA5 #843DA5

triadic

#503DA5 #A5503D #3DA550

tetradic

#503DA5 #A53D5E #92A53D #3DA584

square

#503DA5 #A53D5E #92A53D #3DA584

split-complementary

#503DA5 #A5843D #5EA53D

monochromatic

#251C4C #3A2C78 #503DA5 #6F5CC3 #9789D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#503DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#503DA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503DA5

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503DA5	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30566B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 61, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.160 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8873c0',
    500: '#503da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503da5;
$custom-light: #8873c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.962,
    "s": 46.018,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44168,
    "c": 0.15995,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503DA5

secondary

#B3BE80

accent

#D652BE

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #503DA5

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

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