#501970#501970

#501970 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.143 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501970
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 112)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 77.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.20, 40.66, -38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.20, 56.30, 316.23°)
OKLab	oklab(34.75% 0.0915 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(34.75% 0.143 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5799, 3.5707, 15.6687)
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

#501970 #397019

analogous

#251970 #501970 #701965

triadic

#501970 #705019 #197050

tetradic

#501970 #702519 #397019 #196570

square

#501970 #702519 #397019 #196570

split-complementary

#501970 #657019 #197025

monochromatic

#120619 #2C0E3E #501970 #7424A2 #9732D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#501970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#501970 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501970

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501970	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)

#003372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03366E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.143 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c9a',
    500: '#501970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501970;
$custom-light: #855c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.931,
    "s": 63.504,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34748,
    "c": 0.14338,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501970

secondary

#65A540

accent

#E7417E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501970

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

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