#501987#501987

#501987 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.168 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501987
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 135)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 81.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.16, 46.27, -50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.16, 68.40, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.0857 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.168 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0280, 4.1499, 23.2950)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501987 #508719

analogous

#191987 #501987 #871987

triadic

#501987 #875019 #198750

tetradic

#501987 #871919 #508719 #198787

square

#501987 #871919 #508719 #198787

split-complementary

#501987 #878719 #198719

monochromatic

#130620 #310F53 #501987 #6F23BB #8D3FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#501987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#501987 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501987

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501987	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.168 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875dab',
    500: '#501987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501987;
$custom-light: #875dab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36735,
    "c": 0.16753,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501987

secondary

#7EBA41

accent

#EC3C94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501987

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

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