#501681#501681

#501681 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.164 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501681
RGB	rgb(80, 22, 129)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 82.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.22, 45.96, -48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.22, 66.56, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.91% 0.0899 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(35.91% 0.164 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5567, 3.8643, 21.1124)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.68

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501681 #478116

analogous

#1A1681 #501681 #81167D

triadic

#501681 #815016 #168150

tetradic

#501681 #811A16 #478116 #167D81

square

#501681 #811A16 #478116 #167D81

split-complementary

#501681 #7D8116 #16811A

monochromatic

#10041A #300D4D #501681 #701FB5 #9035DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#501681 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#501681 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501681

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501681	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501681	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	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: #501681;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 22, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.164 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ca6',
    500: '#501681',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501681;
$custom-light: #875ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501681",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.523,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35912,
    "c": 0.16421,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501681

secondary

#74B63D

accent

#EE3A8C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501681

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

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