#501877#501877

#501877 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.152 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501877
RGB	rgb(80, 24, 119)
HSL	hsl(275, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 79.8%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.62, 42.75, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.62, 60.47, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.23% 0.0909 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(35.23% 0.152 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9640, 3.6907, 17.7947)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501877 #3F7718

analogous

#201877 #501877 #77186F

triadic

#501877 #775018 #187750

tetradic

#501877 #772018 #3F7718 #186F77

square

#501877 #772018 #3F7718 #186F77

split-complementary

#501877 #6F7718 #187720

monochromatic

#110519 #2E0E44 #501877 #7222AA #9333D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#501877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#501877 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501877

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501877	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 24, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.152 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c9f',
    500: '#501877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501877;
$custom-light: #855c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.368,
    "s": 66.434,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35225,
    "c": 0.15184,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501877

secondary

#6CAC3F

accent

#E93E85

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501877

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

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