#503E9D#503E9D

#503E9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.148 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503E9D
RGB	rgb(80, 62, 157)
HSL	hsl(251, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(251, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 60.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 32.86, -49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 59.31, 303.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.7% 0.0441 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(43.7% 0.148 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1149, 7.5846, 32.7701)
Luminance	0.0759 (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

#503E9D #8B9D3E

analogous

#3E5C9D #503E9D #7F3E9D

triadic

#503E9D #9D503E #3E9D50

tetradic

#503E9D #9D3E5C #8B9D3E #3E9D7F

square

#503E9D #9D3E5C #8B9D3E #3E9D7F

split-complementary

#503E9D #9D7F3E #5C9D3E

monochromatic

#231B45 #3A2D71 #503E9D #6D5ABE #9486CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#503E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#503E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503E9D

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503E9D	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 62, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.148 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8774bb',
    500: '#503e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503e9d;
$custom-light: #8774bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.368,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43704,
    "c": 0.14788,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503E9D

secondary

#AEBA7D

accent

#D355BB

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #503E9D

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

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