#503E89#503E89

#503E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.120 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503E89
RGB	rgb(80, 62, 137)
HSL	hsl(254, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 54.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.71, 26.77, -39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.71, 47.63, 304.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% 0.044 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.12 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5450, 6.9566, 24.5019)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503E89 #77893E

analogous

#3E5289 #503E89 #763E89

triadic

#503E89 #89503E #3E8950

tetradic

#503E89 #893E52 #77893E #3E8976

square

#503E89 #893E52 #77893E #3E8976

split-complementary

#503E89 #89763E #52893E

monochromatic

#1F1835 #372B5F #503E89 #6A53B1 #8E7DC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#503E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#503E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503E89

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503E89	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C4C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414E5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 62, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.120 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8574ac',
    500: '#503e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503e89;
$custom-light: #8574ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 37.688,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4223,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503E89

secondary

#A0AE74

accent

#CE5AB2

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #503E89

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

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