#503DAB#503DAB

#503DAB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.168 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503DAB
RGB	rgb(80, 61, 171)
HSL	hsl(250, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(250, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 64.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.95, 37.79, -56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.95, 67.91, 303.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% 0.0442 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.168 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3255, 7.9826, 39.4115)
Luminance	0.0798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.04

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503DAB #98AB3D

analogous

#3D61AB #503DAB #873DAB

triadic

#503DAB #AB503D #3DAB50

tetradic

#503DAB #AB3D61 #98AB3D #3DAB87

square

#503DAB #AB3D61 #98AB3D #3DAB87

split-complementary

#503DAB #AB873D #61AB3D

monochromatic

#261D51 #3B2D7E #503DAB #715FC6 #998CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#503DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#503DAB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503DAB

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503DAB	1.00	8.09	2.60	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B586E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 61, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.168 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8974c5',
    500: '#503dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503dab;
$custom-light: #8974c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.364,
    "s": 47.414,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44658,
    "c": 0.16781,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503DAB

secondary

#B6C183

accent

#D751C0

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503DAB

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

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