#503F9D#503F9D

#503F9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.146 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#503F9D
RGB	rgb(80, 63, 157)
HSL	hsl(251, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(251, 60%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 59.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, 32.25, -48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 58.65, 303.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% 0.0429 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.146 287)
XYZ	xyz(11.1698, 7.6943, 32.7884)
Luminance	0.0770 (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

#503F9D #8C9D3F

analogous

#3F5D9D #503F9D #7F3F9D

triadic

#503F9D #9D503F #3F9D50

tetradic

#503F9D #9D3F5D #8C9D3F #3F9D7F

square

#503F9D #9D3F5D #8C9D3F #3F9D7F

split-complementary

#503F9D #9D7F3F #5D9D3F

monochromatic

#231C46 #3A2D71 #503F9D #6D5CBD #9487CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#503F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#503F9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #503F9D

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##503F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##503F9D	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #503f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 63, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.146 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8775bb',
    500: '#503f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #503f9d;
$custom-light: #8775bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#503f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.851,
    "s": 42.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43877,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.07695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#503F9D

secondary

#AFBA7E

accent

#D355BC

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #503F9D

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

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