#501971#501971

#501971 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.144 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501971
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 113)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 77.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.28, 40.89, -39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.28, 56.83, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(34.83% 0.0913 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(34.83% 0.144 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6359, 3.5931, 15.9635)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501971 #3A7119

analogous

#241971 #501971 #711966

triadic

#501971 #715019 #197150

tetradic

#501971 #712419 #3A7119 #196671

square

#501971 #712419 #3A7119 #196671

split-complementary

#501971 #667119 #197124

monochromatic

#120619 #2D0E3F #501971 #7324A3 #9633D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#501971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#501971 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501971

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501971	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01366F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.144 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c9a',
    500: '#501971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501971;
$custom-light: #855c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34829,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501971

secondary

#66A640

accent

#E7417F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501971

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

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