#501689#501689

#501689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.172 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501689
RGB	rgb(80, 22, 137)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 83.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.95, 47.91, -51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.95, 70.68, 312.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.65% 0.0873 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(36.65% 0.172 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1094, 4.0854, 24.0234)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501689 #4F8916

analogous

#161689 #501689 #891688

triadic

#501689 #895016 #168950

tetradic

#501689 #891616 #4F8916 #168889

square

#501689 #891616 #4F8916 #168889

split-complementary

#501689 #888916 #168916

monochromatic

#120520 #310E54 #501689 #6F1EBE #8D3ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#501689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#501689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501689

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501689	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 22, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.172 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875cac',
    500: '#501689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501689;
$custom-light: #875cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.261,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36647,
    "c": 0.17239,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501689

secondary

#7DBD3E

accent

#EF3993

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501689

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

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