#503EB4#503EB4

#503EB4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.178 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503EB4
RGB	rgb(80, 62, 180)
HSL	hsl(249, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(249, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 65.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.89, 40.00, -60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.89, 72.30, 303.59°)
OKLab	oklab(45.57% 0.0423 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(45.57% 0.178 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.2666, 8.4452, 44.1022)
Luminance	0.0845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 1.16

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503EB4 #A2B43E

analogous

#3E67B4 #503EB4 #8B3EB4

triadic

#503EB4 #B4503E #3EB450

tetradic

#503EB4 #B43E67 #A2B43E #3EB48B

square

#503EB4 #B43E67 #A2B43E #3EB48B

split-complementary

#503EB4 #B48B3E #67B43E

monochromatic

#281F59 #3C2E86 #503EB4 #7565CA #9E93DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.81

#503EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#503EB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503EB4

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503EB4	1.00	7.81	2.69	7.81
#FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#215C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 62, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.178 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b74cb',
    500: '#503eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503eb4;
$custom-light: #8b74cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.153,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45572,
    "c": 0.17817,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503EB4

secondary

#BCC589

accent

#D84FC3

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF9

border

#CBC8D2

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #503EB4

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

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