#501B70#501B70

#501B70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.141 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B70
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 112)
HSL	hsl(277, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 76%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 75.9%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.51, 39.77, -38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.51, 55.31, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.0894 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.141 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6242, 3.6593, 15.6834)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B70 #3B701B

analogous

#261B70 #501B70 #701B65

triadic

#501B70 #70501B #1B7050

tetradic

#501B70 #70261B #3B701B #1B6570

square

#501B70 #70261B #3B701B #1B6570

split-complementary

#501B70 #65701B #1B7026

monochromatic

#120619 #2D0F3F #501B70 #7327A1 #9537CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#501B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#501B70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B70

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B70	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06366E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.141 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855d9a',
    500: '#501b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b70;
$custom-light: #855d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.412,
    "s": 61.151,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3497,
    "c": 0.14089,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B70

secondary

#67A542

accent

#E44480

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B70

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

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