#503E98#503E98

#503E98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.141 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503E98
RGB	rgb(80, 62, 152)
HSL	hsl(252, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 59.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.74, 31.32, -46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.74, 56.42, 303.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% 0.0442 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.141 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6968, 7.4173, 30.5677)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503E98 #86983E

analogous

#3E5998 #503E98 #7D3E98

triadic

#503E98 #98503E #3E9850

tetradic

#503E98 #983E59 #86983E #3E987D

square

#503E98 #983E59 #86983E #3E987D

split-complementary

#503E98 #987D3E #59983E

monochromatic

#221B41 #392C6D #503E98 #6C58BB #9284CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#503E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#503E98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503E98

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503E98	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#395265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 62, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.141 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8774b7',
    500: '#503e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503e98;
$custom-light: #8774b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 42.056,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43321,
    "c": 0.14107,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503E98

secondary

#ABB77B

accent

#D256B9

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #503E98

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

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