#503E84#503E84

#503E84 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.113 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503E84
RGB	rgb(80, 62, 132)
HSL	hsl(255, 36%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 53%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 53%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.39, 25.28, -36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.39, 44.66, 304.48°)
OKLab	oklab(41.89% 0.0436 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(41.89% 0.113 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1946, 6.8164, 22.6566)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503E84 #72843E

analogous

#3E4F84 #503E84 #733E84

triadic

#503E84 #84503E #3E8450

tetradic

#503E84 #843E4F #72843E #3E8473

square

#503E84 #843E4F #72843E #3E8473

split-complementary

#503E84 #84733E #4F843E

monochromatic

#1E1731 #372A5A #503E84 #6952AE #8D7BC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#503E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#503E84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503E84

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503E84	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#224B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434C5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 62, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.113 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8473a8',
    500: '#503e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503e84;
$custom-light: #8473a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.429,
    "s": 36.082,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41886,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503E84

secondary

#9DAB73

accent

#CC5CAF

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #503E84

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

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