#501B72#501B72

#501B72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.143 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B72
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 114)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 76%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 76.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.67, 40.25, -39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.67, 56.37, 315.56°)
OKLab	oklab(35.13% 0.089 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(35.13% 0.143 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7368, 3.7044, 16.2764)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B72 #3D721B

analogous

#251B72 #501B72 #721B68

triadic

#501B72 #72501B #1B7250

tetradic

#501B72 #72251B #3D721B #1B6872

square

#501B72 #72251B #3D721B #1B6872

split-complementary

#501B72 #68721B #1B7225

monochromatic

#110619 #2D0F41 #501B72 #7327A3 #9438D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#501B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#501B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B72

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B72	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.143 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855d9b',
    500: '#501b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b72;
$custom-light: #855d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.552,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35131,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B72

secondary

#69A742

accent

#E54382

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B72

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

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