#501A9F#501A9F

#501A9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.192 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501A9F
RGB	rgb(80, 26, 159)
HSL	hsl(264, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 83.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.58, 51.97, -61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.58, 80.31, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(39.11% 0.0768 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(39.11% 0.192 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9339, 4.9471, 33.2256)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501A9F #699F1A

analogous

#1A279F #501A9F #931A9F

triadic

#501A9F #9F501A #1A9F50

tetradic

#501A9F #9F1A27 #699F1A #1A9F93

square

#501A9F #9F1A27 #699F1A #1A9F93

split-complementary

#501A9F #9F931A #279F1A

monochromatic

#1B0936 #36116A #501A9F #6A23D4 #8C51E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#501A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#501A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501A9F

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501A9F	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 26, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.192 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5fbd',
    500: '#501a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501a9f;
$custom-light: #8a5fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.361,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3911,
    "c": 0.19184,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501A9F

secondary

#95C550

accent

#EF39A5

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #501A9F

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

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