#501A85#501A85

#501A85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.164 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501A85
RGB	rgb(80, 26, 133)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 80.5%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.12, 45.36, -49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.12, 66.91, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.65% 0.0854 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(36.65% 0.164 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9103, 4.1377, 22.5677)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501A85 #4F851A

analogous

#1A1A85 #501A85 #851A84

triadic

#501A85 #85501A #1A8550

tetradic

#501A85 #851A1A #4F851A #1A8485

square

#501A85 #851A1A #4F851A #1A8485

split-complementary

#501A85 #84851A #1A851A

monochromatic

#12061F #311052 #501A85 #6F24B8 #8D40DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#501A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#501A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501A85

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501A85	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 26, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.164 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ea9',
    500: '#501a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501a85;
$custom-light: #875ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.28,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36652,
    "c": 0.16442,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501A85

secondary

#7DB842

accent

#EA3E93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501A85

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

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