#501481#501481

#501481 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.166 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501481
RGB	rgb(80, 20, 129)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 84.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.97, 46.69, -48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.97, 67.36, 313.88°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.0914 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.166 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5199, 3.7908, 21.1001)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.41

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501481 #458114

analogous

#1A1481 #501481 #81147C

triadic

#501481 #815014 #148150

tetradic

#501481 #811A14 #458114 #147C81

square

#501481 #811A14 #458114 #147C81

split-complementary

#501481 #7C8114 #14811A

monochromatic

#10041A #2F0C4C #501481 #711CB6 #9130DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#501481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#501481 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501481

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501481	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 20, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.166 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ba6',
    500: '#501481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501481;
$custom-light: #875ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.028,
    "s": 73.154,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35738,
    "c": 0.16604,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501481

secondary

#72B63B

accent

#F0388B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501481

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

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