#501B76#501B76

#501B76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.147 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B76
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 118)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 77%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 77.1%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.99, 41.22, -41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.99, 58.50, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.46% 0.0882 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(35.46% 0.147 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9695, 3.7974, 17.5018)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B76 #41761B

analogous

#221B76 #501B76 #761B6E

triadic

#501B76 #76501B #1B7650

tetradic

#501B76 #76221B #41761B #1B6E76

square

#501B76 #76221B #41761B #1B6E76

split-complementary

#501B76 #6E761B #1B7622

monochromatic

#110619 #2E1044 #501B76 #7226A8 #923AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#501B76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#501B76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B76

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B76	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.147 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855d9e',
    500: '#501b76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b76;
$custom-light: #855d9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.945,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35459,
    "c": 0.14732,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B76

secondary

#6EAA42

accent

#E64286

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B76

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

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