#501988#501988

#501988 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.169 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501988
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 136)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 81.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.25, 46.52, -50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.25, 68.92, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0853 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.169 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0987, 4.1782, 23.6676)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501988 #518819

analogous

#191988 #501988 #881988

triadic

#501988 #885019 #198850

tetradic

#501988 #881919 #518819 #198888

square

#501988 #881919 #518819 #198888

split-complementary

#501988 #888819 #198819

monochromatic

#130621 #320F54 #501988 #6E23BC #8D40DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#501988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#501988 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501988

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501988	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.169 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875dac',
    500: '#501988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501988;
$custom-light: #875dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.73,
    "s": 68.944,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36827,
    "c": 0.16859,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501988

secondary

#7FBB41

accent

#EC3C95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501988

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

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