#503DAA#503DAA

#503DAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.167 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503DAA
RGB	rgb(80, 61, 170)
HSL	hsl(250, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(250, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 64.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.87, 37.48, -55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.87, 67.35, 303.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.58% 0.0443 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(44.58% 0.167 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2305, 7.9446, 38.9114)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.15

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503DAA #97AA3D

analogous

#3D60AA #503DAA #873DAA

triadic

#503DAA #AA503D #3DAA50

tetradic

#503DAA #AA3D60 #97AA3D #3DAA87

square

#503DAA #AA3D60 #97AA3D #3DAA87

split-complementary

#503DAA #AA873D #60AA3D

monochromatic

#261D50 #3B2D7D #503DAA #715FC5 #998CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#503DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#503DAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503DAA

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503DAA	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C586E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 61, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.167 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973c4',
    500: '#503daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503daa;
$custom-light: #8973c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.459,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44576,
    "c": 0.16651,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503DAA

secondary

#B6C082

accent

#D751BF

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503DAA

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

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