#501990#501990

#501990 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.177 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501990
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 144)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 82.6%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 48.53, -54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 73.06, 311.62°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% 0.0828 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.177 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6886, 4.4142, 26.7744)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501990 #599019

analogous

#191E90 #501990 #8B1990

triadic

#501990 #905019 #199050

tetradic

#501990 #90191E #599019 #19908B

square

#501990 #90191E #599019 #19908B

split-complementary

#501990 #908B19 #1E9019

monochromatic

#160728 #33105C #501990 #6D22C4 #8C45DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#501990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#501990 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501990

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501990	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.177 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885eb2',
    500: '#501990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501990;
$custom-light: #885eb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.731,
    "s": 70.414,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37571,
    "c": 0.17697,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501990

secondary

#87C045

accent

#ED3B9B

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501990

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

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