#501972#501972

#501972 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.145 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501972
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 114)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 78.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.36, 41.13, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.36, 57.36, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0911 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.145 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6925, 3.6158, 16.2617)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501972 #3B7219

analogous

#241972 #501972 #721967

triadic

#501972 #725019 #197250

tetradic

#501972 #722419 #3B7219 #196772

square

#501972 #722419 #3B7219 #196772

split-complementary

#501972 #677219 #197224

monochromatic

#120619 #2D0E40 #501972 #7324A4 #9533D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#501972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#501972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501972

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501972	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.145 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c9b',
    500: '#501972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501972;
$custom-light: #855c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.079,
    "s": 64.029,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34911,
    "c": 0.14547,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501972

secondary

#67A740

accent

#E74180

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501972

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

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