#503E9F#503E9F

#503E9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.151 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503E9F
RGB	rgb(80, 62, 159)
HSL	hsl(251, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(251, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 61%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 33.48, -50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 60.46, 303.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% 0.044 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.151 287)
XYZ	xyz(11.2871, 7.6534, 33.6767)
Luminance	0.0765 (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

#503E9F #8D9F3E

analogous

#3E5C9F #503E9F #803E9F

triadic

#503E9F #9F503E #3E9F50

tetradic

#503E9F #9F3E5C #8D9F3E #3E9F80

square

#503E9F #9F3E5C #8D9F3E #3E9F80

split-complementary

#503E9F #9F803E #5C9F3E

monochromatic

#241C47 #3A2D73 #503E9F #6E5BBF #9587D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#503E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#503E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503E9F

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503E9F	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 62, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.151 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8874bc',
    500: '#503e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503e9f;
$custom-light: #8874bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.134,
    "s": 43.891,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43859,
    "c": 0.15058,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.07654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503E9F

secondary

#AFBB7E

accent

#D454BC

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #503E9F

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

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