#503EA0#503EA0

#503EA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.152 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503EA0
RGB	rgb(80, 62, 160)
HSL	hsl(251, 44%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 61%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 61.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.33, 33.79, -50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.33, 61.03, 303.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% 0.044 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.152 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3742, 7.6883, 34.1356)
Luminance	0.0769 (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

#503EA0 #8EA03E

analogous

#3E5DA0 #503EA0 #813EA0

triadic

#503EA0 #A0503E #3EA050

tetradic

#503EA0 #A03E5D #8EA03E #3EA081

square

#503EA0 #A03E5D #8EA03E #3EA081

split-complementary

#503EA0 #A0813E #5DA03E

monochromatic

#241C48 #3A2D74 #503EA0 #6E5CC0 #9588D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#503EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#503EA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503EA0

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503EA0	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#345569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 62, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.152 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8874bd',
    500: '#503ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503ea0;
$custom-light: #8874bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.02,
    "s": 44.144,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43938,
    "c": 0.15193,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503EA0

secondary

#B0BB7F

accent

#D454BC

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #503EA0

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

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