#503F8A#503F8A

#503F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.120 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503F8A
RGB	rgb(80, 63, 138)
HSL	hsl(254, 37%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 54.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.02, 26.44, -39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.02, 47.54, 303.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% 0.0427 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.12 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6720, 7.0952, 24.8997)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503F8A #798A3F

analogous

#3F548A #503F8A #763F8A

triadic

#503F8A #8A503F #3F8A50

tetradic

#503F8A #8A3F54 #798A3F #3F8A76

square

#503F8A #8A3F54 #798A3F #3F8A76

split-complementary

#503F8A #8A763F #548A3F

monochromatic

#1F1936 #382C60 #503F8A #6A55B1 #8F7FC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#503F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#503F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503F8A

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503F8A	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 63, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.120 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8574ad',
    500: '#503f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503f8a;
$custom-light: #8574ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.6,
    "s": 37.313,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42485,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503F8A

secondary

#A2AF76

accent

#CD5BB3

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #503F8A

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

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