#501980#501980

#501980 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.160 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501980
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 128)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 80.5%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.54, 44.53, -46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.54, 64.74, 313.46°)
OKLab	oklab(36.11% 0.0877 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(36.11% 0.16 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5513, 3.9592, 20.7843)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501980 #498019

analogous

#1D1980 #501980 #80197C

triadic

#501980 #805019 #198050

tetradic

#501980 #801D19 #498019 #197C80

square

#501980 #801D19 #498019 #197C80

split-complementary

#501980 #7C8019 #19801D

monochromatic

#10051A #300F4D #501980 #7023B3 #8F3BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#501980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#501980 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501980

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501980	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.160 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865da6',
    500: '#501980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501980;
$custom-light: #865da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.039,
    "s": 67.32,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36106,
    "c": 0.16018,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501980

secondary

#76B441

accent

#EA3E8E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501980

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

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