#501986#501986

#501986 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.166 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501986
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 134)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 81.3%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.07, 46.02, -49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.07, 67.88, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.64% 0.086 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(36.64% 0.166 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9579, 4.1219, 22.9260)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.07

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501986 #4F8619

analogous

#191986 #501986 #861985

triadic

#501986 #865019 #198650

tetradic

#501986 #861919 #4F8619 #198586

square

#501986 #861919 #4F8619 #198586

split-complementary

#501986 #858619 #198619

monochromatic

#12061F #310F52 #501986 #6F23BA #8D3EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#501986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#501986 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501986

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501986	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.166 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875daa',
    500: '#501986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501986;
$custom-light: #875daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.275,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36644,
    "c": 0.16648,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501986

secondary

#7DBA41

accent

#EB3C93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501986

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

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