#501B6B#501B6B

#501B6B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.136 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B6B
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 107)
HSL	hsl(280, 60%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 74.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.13, 38.58, -35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.13, 52.65, 317.12°)
OKLab	oklab(34.58% 0.0901 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(34.58% 0.136 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3535, 3.5510, 14.2578)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B6B #366B1B

analogous

#281B6B #501B6B #6B1B5E

triadic

#501B6B #6B501B #1B6B50

tetradic

#501B6B #6B281B #366B1B #1B5E6B

square

#501B6B #6B281B #366B1B #1B5E6B

split-complementary

#501B6B #5E6B1B #1B6B28

monochromatic

#120618 #2B0F3A #501B6B #75279C #9935CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#501B6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#501B6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B6B

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B6B	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.136 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d96',
    500: '#501b6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b6b;
$custom-light: #845d96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.75,
    "s": 59.701,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34575,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B6B

secondary

#62A042

accent

#E3457A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B6B

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

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