#501B6E#501B6E

#501B6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.139 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B6E
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 110)
HSL	hsl(278, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 75.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.36, 39.29, -37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.36, 54.24, 316.41°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.0897 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.139 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5141, 3.6153, 15.1035)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B6E #396E1B

analogous

#261B6E #501B6E #6E1B63

triadic

#501B6E #6E501B #1B6E50

tetradic

#501B6E #6E261B #396E1B #1B636E

square

#501B6E #6E261B #396E1B #1B636E

split-complementary

#501B6E #636E1B #1B6E26

monochromatic

#120619 #2C0F3D #501B6E #74279F #9736CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#501B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#501B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B6E

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B6E	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B366C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.139 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855d98',
    500: '#501b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b6e;
$custom-light: #855d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.313,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3481,
    "c": 0.13875,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B6E

secondary

#65A342

accent

#E4447E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B6E

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

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