#501885#501885

#501885 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.166 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501885
RGB	rgb(80, 24, 133)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 82%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.84, 46.17, -49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.84, 67.79, 312.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.46% 0.0871 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(36.46% 0.166 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8675, 4.0522, 22.5534)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.91

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501885 #4D8518

analogous

#1A1885 #501885 #851883

triadic

#501885 #855018 #188550

tetradic

#501885 #851A18 #4D8518 #188385

square

#501885 #851A18 #4D8518 #188385

split-complementary

#501885 #838518 #18851A

monochromatic

#12051D #310F51 #501885 #6F21B9 #8E3CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#501885 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#501885 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501885

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501885	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501885	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501885;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 24, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.166 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875da9',
    500: '#501885',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501885;
$custom-light: #875da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501885",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.826,
    "s": 69.427,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36458,
    "c": 0.16642,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501885

secondary

#7BB940

accent

#EC3C91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501885

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

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