#501B6D#501B6D

#501B6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.138 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B6D
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 109)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.28, 39.05, -36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.28, 53.71, 316.64°)
OKLab	oklab(34.73% 0.0898 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(34.73% 0.138 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4600, 3.5936, 14.8184)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B6D #386D1B

analogous

#271B6D #501B6D #6D1B61

triadic

#501B6D #6D501B #1B6D50

tetradic

#501B6D #6D271B #386D1B #1B616D

square

#501B6D #6D271B #386D1B #1B616D

split-complementary

#501B6D #616D1B #1B6D27

monochromatic

#120619 #2C0F3C #501B6D #74279E #9735CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#501B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#501B6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B6D

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B6D	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D366B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.138 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d97',
    500: '#501b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b6d;
$custom-light: #845d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.78,
    "s": 60.294,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34732,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B6D

secondary

#64A242

accent

#E3447D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B6D

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

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