#503EA9#503EA9

#503EA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.164 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503EA9
RGB	rgb(80, 62, 169)
HSL	hsl(250, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(250, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 63.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.01, 36.58, -55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.01, 66.15, 303.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% 0.0434 -0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.164 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1902, 8.0147, 38.4331)
Luminance	0.0801 (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

#503EA9 #97A93E

analogous

#3E62A9 #503EA9 #853EA9

triadic

#503EA9 #A9503E #3EA950

tetradic

#503EA9 #A93E62 #97A93E #3EA985

square

#503EA9 #A93E62 #97A93E #3EA985

split-complementary

#503EA9 #A9853E #62A93E

monochromatic

#261D4F #3B2E7C #503EA9 #7160C5 #998CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#503EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#503EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503EA9

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503EA9	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D586D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 62, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.164 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8974c3',
    500: '#503ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503ea9;
$custom-light: #8974c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.093,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44657,
    "c": 0.16389,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503EA9

secondary

#B6C083

accent

#D652C0

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503EA9

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

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