#501181#501181

#501181 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.169 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501181
RGB	rgb(80, 17, 129)
HSL	hsl(274, 77%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 87%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 86.8%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.62, 47.69, -49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.62, 68.46, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.0936 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.169 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4702, 3.6914, 21.0836)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501181 #428111

analogous

#181181 #501181 #81117A

triadic

#501181 #815011 #118150

tetradic

#501181 #811811 #428111 #117A81

square

#501181 #811811 #428111 #117A81

split-complementary

#501181 #7A8111 #118118

monochromatic

#11041B #2E0A4B #501181 #7218B7 #922AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#501181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#501181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501181

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501181	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 17, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.169 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875aa6',
    500: '#501181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501181;
$custom-light: #875aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 76.712,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.355,
    "c": 0.16857,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501181

secondary

#6FB737

accent

#F33588

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501181

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

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