#501989#501989

#501989 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.170 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501989
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 137)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 81.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.34, 46.77, -51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.34, 69.44, 312.34°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.085 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.17 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1701, 4.2068, 24.0436)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501989 #528919

analogous

#191A89 #501989 #881989

triadic

#501989 #895019 #198950

tetradic

#501989 #89191A #528919 #198988

square

#501989 #89191A #528919 #198988

split-complementary

#501989 #898819 #1A8919

monochromatic

#140621 #321055 #501989 #6E22BD #8D40DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#501989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#501989 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501989

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501989	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.170 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875dac',
    500: '#501989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501989;
$custom-light: #875dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.464,
    "s": 69.136,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36919,
    "c": 0.16963,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501989

secondary

#80BC41

accent

#EC3C95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501989

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

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