#501B6F#501B6F

#501B6F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.140 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B6F
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 111)
HSL	hsl(278, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 76%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 75.7%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.43, 39.53, -37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.43, 54.77, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% 0.0895 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.14 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5689, 3.6372, 15.3918)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B6F #3A6F1B

analogous

#261B6F #501B6F #6F1B64

triadic

#501B6F #6F501B #1B6F50

tetradic

#501B6F #6F261B #3A6F1B #1B646F

square

#501B6F #6F261B #3A6F1B #1B646F

split-complementary

#501B6F #646F1B #1B6F26

monochromatic

#120619 #2D0F3E #501B6F #7327A0 #9636CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#501B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#501B6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B6F

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B6F	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09366D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.140 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855d99',
    500: '#501b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b6f;
$custom-light: #855d99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.857,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3489,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B6F

secondary

#66A442

accent

#E4447F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B6F

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

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