#503DAD#503DAD

#503DAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.170 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503DAD
RGB	rgb(80, 61, 173)
HSL	hsl(250, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(250, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 64.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.11, 38.41, -57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.11, 69.03, 303.81°)
OKLab	oklab(44.82% 0.044 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(44.82% 0.17 285)
XYZ	xyz(12.5176, 8.0594, 40.4231)
Luminance	0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.83

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503DAD #9AAD3D

analogous

#3D62AD #503DAD #883DAD

triadic

#503DAD #AD503D #3DAD50

tetradic

#503DAD #AD3D62 #9AAD3D #3DAD88

square

#503DAD #AD3D62 #9AAD3D #3DAD88

split-complementary

#503DAD #AD883D #62AD3D

monochromatic

#261D53 #3B2D80 #503DAD #7260C7 #9A8DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#503DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#503DAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503DAD

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503DAD	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29596F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 61, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.170 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a74c6',
    500: '#503dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503dad;
$custom-light: #8a74c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.179,
    "s": 47.863,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44824,
    "c": 0.17041,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.0806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503DAD

secondary

#B7C284

accent

#D750C1

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503DAD

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

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