#503E87#503E87

#503E87 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.117 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503E87
RGB	rgb(80, 62, 135)
HSL	hsl(255, 37%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 54%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 54.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.58, 26.17, -38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.58, 46.44, 304.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% 0.0438 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.117 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4029, 6.8997, 23.7533)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503E87 #75873E

analogous

#3E5087 #503E87 #743E87

triadic

#503E87 #87503E #3E8750

tetradic

#503E87 #873E50 #75873E #3E8774

square

#503E87 #873E50 #75873E #3E8774

split-complementary

#503E87 #87743E #50873E

monochromatic

#1E1733 #372B5D #503E87 #6952B0 #8E7CC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#503E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#503E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503E87

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503E87	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424D5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 62, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.117 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8474aa',
    500: '#503e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503e87;
$custom-light: #8474aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.795,
    "s": 37.056,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42091,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503E87

secondary

#9FAD74

accent

#CD5BB1

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #503E87

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

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