#503E86#503E86

#503E86 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.116 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503E86
RGB	rgb(80, 62, 134)
HSL	hsl(255, 37%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 54%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 53.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.51, 25.87, -37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.51, 45.85, 304.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% 0.0438 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.116 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3328, 6.8717, 23.3843)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503E86 #74863E

analogous

#3E5086 #503E86 #743E86

triadic

#503E86 #86503E #3E8650

tetradic

#503E86 #863E50 #74863E #3E8674

square

#503E86 #863E50 #74863E #3E8674

split-complementary

#503E86 #86743E #50863E

monochromatic

#1E1732 #372B5C #503E86 #6952AF #8E7CC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#503E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#503E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503E86

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503E86	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424D5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 62, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.116 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8473aa',
    500: '#503e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503e86;
$custom-light: #8473aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 36.735,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42022,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503E86

secondary

#9EAC73

accent

#CD5BB0

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #503E86

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

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