#503DA8#503DA8

#503DA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.164 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503DA8
RGB	rgb(80, 61, 168)
HSL	hsl(251, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 63.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.71, 36.87, -55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.71, 66.22, 303.83°)
OKLab	oklab(44.41% 0.0445 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(44.41% 0.164 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0428, 7.8695, 37.9226)
Luminance	0.0787 (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

#503DA8 #95A83D

analogous

#3D60A8 #503DA8 #853DA8

triadic

#503DA8 #A8503D #3DA850

tetradic

#503DA8 #A83D60 #95A83D #3DA885

square

#503DA8 #A83D60 #95A83D #3DA885

split-complementary

#503DA8 #A8853D #60A83D

monochromatic

#251C4E #3B2D7B #503DA8 #705EC4 #988BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#503DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#503DA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503DA8

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503DA8	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E576D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 61, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.164 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973c3',
    500: '#503da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503da8;
$custom-light: #8973c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.654,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44412,
    "c": 0.16389,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503DA8

secondary

#B4BF81

accent

#D651BF

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503DA8

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

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