#501A87#501A87

#501A87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.167 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501A87
RGB	rgb(80, 26, 135)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 80.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.30, 45.86, -50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.30, 67.96, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0848 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.167 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0497, 4.1935, 23.3023)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501A87 #51871A

analogous

#1A1A87 #501A87 #871A87

triadic

#501A87 #87501A #1A8750

tetradic

#501A87 #871A1A #51871A #1A8787

square

#501A87 #871A1A #51871A #1A8787

split-complementary

#501A87 #87871A #1A871A

monochromatic

#130620 #321054 #501A87 #6E24BA #8D41DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#501A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#501A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501A87

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501A87	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 26, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.167 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875eab',
    500: '#501a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501a87;
$custom-light: #875eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.725,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36833,
    "c": 0.16654,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501A87

secondary

#7FBA42

accent

#EB3D95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501A87

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

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