#501888#501888

#501888 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.170 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501888
RGB	rgb(80, 24, 136)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 82.4%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.12, 46.91, -51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.12, 69.35, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.73% 0.0861 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(36.73% 0.17 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0777, 4.1362, 23.6606)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501888 #508818

analogous

#181888 #501888 #881888

triadic

#501888 #885018 #188850

tetradic

#501888 #881818 #508818 #188888

square

#501888 #881818 #508818 #188888

split-complementary

#501888 #888818 #188818

monochromatic

#130620 #310F54 #501888 #6F21BC #8D3EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#501888 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#501888 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501888

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501888	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501888	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501888;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 24, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.170 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875dac',
    500: '#501888',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501888;
$custom-light: #875dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501888",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36733,
    "c": 0.16954,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501888

secondary

#7EBC40

accent

#ED3B94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501888

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

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