#501280#501280

#501280 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.167 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501280
RGB	rgb(80, 18, 128)
HSL	hsl(274, 75%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 86%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 85.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.64, 47.13, -48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.64, 67.59, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.48% 0.0932 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(35.48% 0.167 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.4199, 3.6966, 20.7405)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.21

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501280 #428012

analogous

#191280 #501280 #801279

triadic

#501280 #805012 #128050

tetradic

#501280 #801912 #428012 #127980

square

#501280 #801912 #428012 #127980

split-complementary

#501280 #798012 #128019

monochromatic

#11041B #2E0A4A #501280 #721AB6 #922BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#501280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#501280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501280

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501280	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	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: #501280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 18, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.167 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875aa6',
    500: '#501280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501280;
$custom-light: #875aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.818,
    "s": 75.342,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35484,
    "c": 0.16677,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.03697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501280

secondary

#6FB638

accent

#F23688

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501280

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

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