#501B74#501B74

#501B74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.145 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B74
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 116)
HSL	hsl(276, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 76.7%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.83, 40.73, -40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.83, 57.44, 315.16°)
OKLab	oklab(35.29% 0.0886 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(35.29% 0.145 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8519, 3.7504, 16.8825)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B74 #3F741B

analogous

#231B74 #501B74 #741B6B

triadic

#501B74 #74501B #1B7450

tetradic

#501B74 #74231B #3F741B #1B6B74

square

#501B74 #74231B #3F741B #1B6B74

split-complementary

#501B74 #6B741B #1B7423

monochromatic

#110619 #2E0F42 #501B74 #7227A6 #9339D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#501B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#501B74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B74

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B74	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.145 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855d9d',
    500: '#501b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b74;
$custom-light: #855d9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.73,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35294,
    "c": 0.14518,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B74

secondary

#6CA942

accent

#E54284

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B74

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

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