#501978#501978

#501978 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.152 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501978
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 120)
HSL	hsl(275, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 79.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.85, 42.57, -43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.85, 60.53, 314.70°)
OKLab	oklab(35.41% 0.0898 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(35.41% 0.152 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0453, 3.7569, 18.1197)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501978 #417819

analogous

#201978 #501978 #781970

triadic

#501978 #785019 #197850

tetradic

#501978 #782019 #417819 #197078

square

#501978 #782019 #417819 #197078

split-complementary

#501978 #707819 #197820

monochromatic

#110519 #2E0E45 #501978 #7224AB #9236D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#501978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#501978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501978

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501978	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.152 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca0',
    500: '#501978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501978;
$custom-light: #865ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35412,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501978

secondary

#6EAD40

accent

#E83F87

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501978

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

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