#501B75#501B75

#501B75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.146 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B75
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 117)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 77%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 76.9%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.91, 40.97, -41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.91, 57.97, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(35.38% 0.0884 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(35.38% 0.146 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9104, 3.7738, 17.1905)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B75 #40751B

analogous

#231B75 #501B75 #751B6D

triadic

#501B75 #75501B #1B7550

tetradic

#501B75 #75231B #40751B #1B6D75

square

#501B75 #75231B #40751B #1B6D75

split-complementary

#501B75 #6D751B #1B7523

monochromatic

#110619 #2E1043 #501B75 #7226A7 #9339D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.97

#501B75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#501B75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B75

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B75	1.00	11.97	1.75	11.97
#FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.146 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855d9d',
    500: '#501b75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b75;
$custom-light: #855d9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.333,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35376,
    "c": 0.14625,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B75

secondary

#6DA942

accent

#E64285

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B75

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

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