#501180#501180

#501180 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.168 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501180
RGB	rgb(80, 17, 128)
HSL	hsl(274, 77%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 87%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 86.7%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.53, 47.46, -48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.53, 67.95, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(35.41% 0.0939 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(35.41% 0.168 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4041, 3.6649, 20.7352)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.10

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501180 #418011

analogous

#181180 #501180 #801178

triadic

#501180 #805011 #118050

tetradic

#501180 #801811 #418011 #117880

square

#501180 #801811 #418011 #117880

split-complementary

#501180 #788011 #118018

monochromatic

#11041B #2E0A4A #501180 #7218B6 #9229E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#501180 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#501180 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501180

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501180	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501180	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501180;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 17, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.168 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8759a6',
    500: '#501180',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501180;
$custom-light: #8759a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501180",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.054,
    "s": 76.552,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35408,
    "c": 0.16758,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501180

secondary

#6EB637

accent

#F33587

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501180

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

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