#501480#501480

#501480 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.165 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501480
RGB	rgb(80, 20, 128)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 84.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 46.45, -48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 66.84, 314.02°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.0918 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.165 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4538, 3.7643, 20.7518)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501480 #448014

analogous

#1A1480 #501480 #80147A

triadic

#501480 #805014 #148050

tetradic

#501480 #801A14 #448014 #147A80

square

#501480 #801A14 #448014 #147A80

split-complementary

#501480 #7A8014 #14801A

monochromatic

#11041A #2F0C4B #501480 #711CB5 #9130DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#501480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#501480 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501480

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501480	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 20, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.165 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ba6',
    500: '#501480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501480;
$custom-light: #875ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35647,
    "c": 0.16503,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501480

secondary

#71B53B

accent

#F0388A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501480

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

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