#501687#501687

#501687 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.170 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501687
RGB	rgb(80, 22, 135)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 83.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.77, 47.42, -51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.77, 69.66, 312.90°)
OKLab	oklab(36.46% 0.088 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(36.46% 0.17 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9673, 4.0285, 23.2748)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501687 #4D8716

analogous

#171687 #501687 #871685

triadic

#501687 #875016 #168750

tetradic

#501687 #871716 #4D8716 #168587

square

#501687 #871716 #4D8716 #168587

split-complementary

#501687 #858716 #168717

monochromatic

#12051E #310D52 #501687 #6F1FBC #8E39DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#501687 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#501687 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501687

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501687	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501687	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501687;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 22, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.170 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875cab',
    500: '#501687',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501687;
$custom-light: #875cab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501687",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.796,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36461,
    "c": 0.17034,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501687

secondary

#7BBB3E

accent

#EF3991

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501687

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

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