#503DA9#503DA9

#503DA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.165 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503DA9
RGB	rgb(80, 61, 169)
HSL	hsl(251, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 63.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.79, 37.17, -55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.79, 66.78, 303.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.49% 0.0444 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(44.49% 0.165 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1363, 7.9069, 38.4151)
Luminance	0.0791 (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

#503DA9 #96A93D

analogous

#3D60A9 #503DA9 #863DA9

triadic

#503DA9 #A9503D #3DA950

tetradic

#503DA9 #A93D60 #96A93D #3DA986

square

#503DA9 #A93D60 #96A93D #3DA986

split-complementary

#503DA9 #A9863D #60A93D

monochromatic

#251D4F #3B2D7C #503DA9 #705EC5 #988BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#503DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#503DA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503DA9

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503DA9	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D576D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 61, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.165 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973c3',
    500: '#503da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503da9;
$custom-light: #8973c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.556,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44494,
    "c": 0.16521,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503DA9

secondary

#B5C082

accent

#D751BF

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503DA9

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

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