#503F8D#503F8D

#503F8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.124 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503F8D
RGB	rgb(80, 63, 141)
HSL	hsl(253, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(253, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 55.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 27.34, -41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 49.31, 303.68°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.0428 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.124 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8922, 7.1833, 26.0594)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#503F8D #7C8D3F

analogous

#3F558D #503F8D #773F8D

triadic

#503F8D #8D503F #3F8D50

tetradic

#503F8D #8D3F55 #7C8D3F #3F8D77

square

#503F8D #8D3F55 #7C8D3F #3F8D77

split-complementary

#503F8D #8D773F #558D3F

monochromatic

#201938 #382C63 #503F8D #6A56B3 #8F80C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#503F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#503F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503F8D

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503F8D	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F505F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 63, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.124 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8574af',
    500: '#503f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503f8d;
$custom-light: #8574af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.077,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42695,
    "c": 0.12425,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503F8D

secondary

#A4B177

accent

#CE5AB5

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #503F8D

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

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