#503E8A#503E8A

#503E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.122 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503E8A
RGB	rgb(80, 62, 138)
HSL	hsl(254, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 55.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.77, 27.07, -39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.77, 48.22, 304.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.3% 0.044 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(42.3% 0.122 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6171, 6.9854, 24.8814)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503E8A #788A3E

analogous

#3E528A #503E8A #763E8A

triadic

#503E8A #8A503E #3E8A50

tetradic

#503E8A #8A3E52 #788A3E #3E8A76

square

#503E8A #8A3E52 #788A3E #3E8A76

split-complementary

#503E8A #8A763E #528A3E

monochromatic

#1F1836 #382B60 #503E8A #6A53B2 #8E7EC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#503E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#503E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503E8A

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503E8A	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 62, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.122 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8574ad',
    500: '#503e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503e8a;
$custom-light: #8574ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.211,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.423,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503E8A

secondary

#A1AF75

accent

#CE5AB2

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #503E8A

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

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