#503EA5#503EA5

#503EA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.159 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503EA5
RGB	rgb(80, 62, 165)
HSL	hsl(250, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(250, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 62.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, 35.34, -53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 63.88, 303.58°)
OKLab	oklab(44.33% 0.0437 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(44.33% 0.159 286)
XYZ	xyz(11.8204, 7.8667, 36.4856)
Luminance	0.0787 (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

#503EA5 #93A53E

analogous

#3E60A5 #503EA5 #833EA5

triadic

#503EA5 #A5503E #3EA550

tetradic

#503EA5 #A53E60 #93A53E #3EA583

square

#503EA5 #A53E60 #93A53E #3EA583

split-complementary

#503EA5 #A5833E #60A53E

monochromatic

#251D4C #3A2D79 #503EA5 #6F5EC2 #978AD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#503EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#503EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503EA5

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503EA5	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30566B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 62, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.159 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8874c0',
    500: '#503ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503ea5;
$custom-light: #8874c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.485,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44334,
    "c": 0.15861,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.07867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503EA5

secondary

#B3BE81

accent

#D553BE

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #503EA5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →