#501981#501981

#501981 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.161 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501981
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 129)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 80.6%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 44.78, -47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 65.26, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% 0.0874 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.161 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6174, 3.9857, 21.1326)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.12

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501981 #4A8119

analogous

#1C1981 #501981 #81197E

triadic

#501981 #815019 #198150

tetradic

#501981 #811C19 #4A8119 #197E81

square

#501981 #811C19 #4A8119 #197E81

split-complementary

#501981 #7E8119 #19811C

monochromatic

#10051A #300F4E #501981 #7023B4 #8F3BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#501981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#501981 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501981

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501981	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.161 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865da6',
    500: '#501981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501981;
$custom-light: #865da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.731,
    "s": 67.532,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36195,
    "c": 0.16123,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501981

secondary

#78B541

accent

#EA3D8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501981

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

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