#501973#501973

#501973 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.147 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501973
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 115)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 78.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.44, 41.37, -40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.44, 57.89, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(34.99% 0.0909 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(34.99% 0.147 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7498, 3.6386, 16.5631)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501973 #3C7319

analogous

#231973 #501973 #731969

triadic

#501973 #735019 #197350

tetradic

#501973 #732319 #3C7319 #196973

square

#501973 #732319 #3C7319 #196973

split-complementary

#501973 #697319 #197323

monochromatic

#110519 #2D0E41 #501973 #7324A5 #9534D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#501973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#501973 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501973

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501973	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.147 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c9c',
    500: '#501973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501973;
$custom-light: #855c9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34993,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501973

secondary

#68A840

accent

#E74181

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501973

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

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