#501A82#501A82

#501A82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.161 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501A82
RGB	rgb(80, 26, 130)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 80%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 44.61, -47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 65.34, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.38% 0.0863 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(36.38% 0.161 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7060, 4.0559, 21.4917)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.25

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501A82 #4C821A

analogous

#1C1A82 #501A82 #821A80

triadic

#501A82 #82501A #1A8250

tetradic

#501A82 #821C1A #4C821A #1A8082

square

#501A82 #821C1A #4C821A #1A8082

split-complementary

#501A82 #80821A #1A821C

monochromatic

#11061C #31104F #501A82 #6F24B5 #8E3ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#501A82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#501A82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501A82

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501A82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501A82	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501a82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 26, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.161 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865da7',
    500: '#501a82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501a82;
$custom-light: #865da7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501a82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36384,
    "c": 0.16124,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501A82

secondary

#7AB642

accent

#EA3E91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501A82

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

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