#501686#501686

#501686 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.169 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501686
RGB	rgb(80, 22, 134)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 83.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 47.18, -50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 69.14, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.0883 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.169 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8972, 4.0005, 22.9057)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.64

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501686 #4C8616

analogous

#181686 #501686 #861684

triadic

#501686 #865016 #168650

tetradic

#501686 #861816 #4C8616 #168486

square

#501686 #861816 #4C8616 #168486

split-complementary

#501686 #848616 #168618

monochromatic

#11051D #310D51 #501686 #6F1FBB #8E38DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#501686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#501686 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501686

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501686	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 22, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.169 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875caa',
    500: '#501686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501686;
$custom-light: #875caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.071,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36368,
    "c": 0.16931,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501686

secondary

#7ABA3E

accent

#EF3991

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501686

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

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