#501872#501872

#501872 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.147 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501872
RGB	rgb(80, 24, 114)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 78.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.21, 41.56, -40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.21, 57.83, 315.94°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.0921 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.147 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6715, 3.5738, 16.2547)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501872 #3A7218

analogous

#231872 #501872 #721867

triadic

#501872 #725018 #187250

tetradic

#501872 #722318 #3A7218 #186772

square

#501872 #722318 #3A7218 #186772

split-complementary

#501872 #677218 #187223

monochromatic

#120519 #2D0D3F #501872 #7323A5 #9631D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#501872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#501872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501872

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501872	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 24, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.147 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c9b',
    500: '#501872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501872;
$custom-light: #855c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.333,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34806,
    "c": 0.14665,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501872

secondary

#66A73E

accent

#E8407F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501872

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

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