#503E99#503E99

#503E99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.142 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503E99
RGB	rgb(80, 62, 153)
HSL	hsl(252, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 59.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.81, 31.63, -47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.81, 57.00, 303.70°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% 0.0442 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.142 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7790, 7.4502, 31.0009)
Luminance	0.0745 (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

#503E99 #87993E

analogous

#3E5A99 #503E99 #7E3E99

triadic

#503E99 #99503E #3E9950

tetradic

#503E99 #993E5A #87993E #3E997E

square

#503E99 #993E5A #87993E #3E997E

split-complementary

#503E99 #997E3E #5A993E

monochromatic

#221B42 #392C6D #503E99 #6C59BC #9384CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#503E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#503E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503E99

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503E99	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#385365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 62, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.142 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8774b8',
    500: '#503e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503e99;
$custom-light: #8774b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.868,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43397,
    "c": 0.14244,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503E99

secondary

#ACB87B

accent

#D256BA

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #503E99

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

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