#501B73#501B73

#501B73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.144 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B73
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 115)
HSL	hsl(276, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 76.5%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.75, 40.49, -39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.75, 56.91, 315.36°)
OKLab	oklab(35.21% 0.0888 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(35.21% 0.144 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7941, 3.7272, 16.5778)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B73 #3E731B

analogous

#241B73 #501B73 #731B6A

triadic

#501B73 #73501B #1B7350

tetradic

#501B73 #73241B #3E731B #1B6A73

square

#501B73 #73241B #3E731B #1B6A73

split-complementary

#501B73 #6A731B #1B7324

monochromatic

#110619 #2E0F41 #501B73 #7227A5 #9438D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#501B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#501B73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B73

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B73	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.144 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855d9c',
    500: '#501b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b73;
$custom-light: #855d9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.136,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35212,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B73

secondary

#6BA842

accent

#E54383

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B73

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

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