#501B6C#501B6C

#501B6C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.137 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B6C
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 108)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 75%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.20, 38.81, -36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.20, 53.18, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(34.65% 0.09 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(34.65% 0.137 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4065, 3.5722, 14.5365)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B6C #376C1B

analogous

#281B6C #501B6C #6C1B60

triadic

#501B6C #6C501B #1B6C50

tetradic

#501B6C #6C281B #376C1B #1B606C

square

#501B6C #6C281B #376C1B #1B606C

split-complementary

#501B6C #606C1B #1B6C28

monochromatic

#120618 #2C0F3B #501B6C #74279D #9835CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#501B6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#501B6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B6C

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B6C	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F366A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.137 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d97',
    500: '#501b6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b6c;
$custom-light: #845d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.259,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34653,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B6C

secondary

#63A142

accent

#E3457B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B6C

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

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