#501977#501977

#501977 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.151 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501977
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 119)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 79%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.77, 42.33, -42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.77, 60.00, 314.87°)
OKLab	oklab(35.33% 0.09 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(35.33% 0.151 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9849, 3.7327, 17.8017)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501977 #407719

analogous

#211977 #501977 #77196F

triadic

#501977 #775019 #197750

tetradic

#501977 #772119 #407719 #196F77

square

#501977 #772119 #407719 #196F77

split-complementary

#501977 #6F7719 #197721

monochromatic

#110519 #2E0E44 #501977 #7224AA #9336D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#501977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#501977 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501977

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501977	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.151 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c9f',
    500: '#501977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501977;
$custom-light: #855c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.106,
    "s": 65.278,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35328,
    "c": 0.15072,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501977

secondary

#6DAC40

accent

#E84086

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501977

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

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