#501281#501281

#501281 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.168 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501281
RGB	rgb(80, 18, 129)
HSL	hsl(274, 76%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 86%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 86%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.73, 47.37, -48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.73, 68.11, 314.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.58% 0.0929 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(35.58% 0.168 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4861, 3.7231, 21.0889)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501281 #438112

analogous

#191281 #501281 #81127B

triadic

#501281 #815012 #128150

tetradic

#501281 #811912 #438112 #127B81

square

#501281 #811912 #438112 #127B81

split-complementary

#501281 #7B8112 #128119

monochromatic

#11041B #2F0B4B #501281 #7119B7 #912CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#501281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#501281 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501281

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501281	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	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: #501281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 18, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.168 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875aa6',
    500: '#501281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501281;
$custom-light: #875aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.514,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35576,
    "c": 0.16775,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501281

secondary

#70B738

accent

#F23689

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501281

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

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