#501879#501879

#501879 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.154 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501879
RGB	rgb(80, 24, 121)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 80.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.79, 43.23, -43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.79, 61.51, 314.65°)
OKLab	oklab(35.4% 0.0904 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(35.4% 0.154 306)
XYZ	xyz(7.0853, 3.7393, 18.4339)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501879 #417918

analogous

#1F1879 #501879 #791871

triadic

#501879 #795018 #187950

tetradic

#501879 #791F18 #417918 #187179

square

#501879 #791F18 #417918 #187179

split-complementary

#501879 #717918 #18791F

monochromatic

#11051A #2E0E46 #501879 #7222AC #9235D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#501879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#501879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501879

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501879	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 24, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.154 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca0',
    500: '#501879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501879;
$custom-light: #865ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.639,
    "s": 66.897,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35396,
    "c": 0.15392,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.03739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501879

secondary

#6EAE3F

accent

#EA3E87

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501879

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

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