#501A86#501A86

#501A86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.165 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501A86
RGB	rgb(80, 26, 134)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 80.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.21, 45.61, -49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.21, 67.43, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.0851 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.165 301)
XYZ	xyz(7.9797, 4.1654, 22.9332)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.23

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501A86 #50861A

analogous

#1A1A86 #501A86 #861A86

triadic

#501A86 #86501A #1A8650

tetradic

#501A86 #861A1A #50861A #1A8686

square

#501A86 #861A1A #50861A #1A8686

split-complementary

#501A86 #86861A #1A861A

monochromatic

#13061F #311053 #501A86 #6F24B9 #8D40DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#501A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#501A86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501A86

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501A86	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 26, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.165 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875eaa',
    500: '#501a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501a86;
$custom-light: #875eaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36742,
    "c": 0.16548,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.04165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501A86

secondary

#7EB942

accent

#EA3D94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501A86

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

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