#501A8A#501A8A

#501A8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.170 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501A8A
RGB	rgb(80, 26, 138)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 81.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.57, 46.62, -51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.57, 69.52, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.11% 0.0839 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(37.11% 0.17 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2639, 4.2791, 24.4304)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501A8A #548A1A

analogous

#1A1C8A #501A8A #881A8A

triadic

#501A8A #8A501A #1A8A50

tetradic

#501A8A #8A1A1C #548A1A #1A8A88

square

#501A8A #8A1A1C #548A1A #1A8A88

split-complementary

#501A8A #8A881A #1C8A1A

monochromatic

#140723 #321057 #501A8A #6E24BD #8C43DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#501A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#501A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501A8A

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501A8A	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 26, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.170 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ead',
    500: '#501a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501a8a;
$custom-light: #875ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.929,
    "s": 68.293,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37107,
    "c": 0.16972,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501A8A

secondary

#82BD43

accent

#EB3D97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501A8A

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

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