#501B77#501B77

#501B77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.148 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B77
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 119)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 77%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 77.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.07, 41.46, -42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.07, 59.04, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(35.54% 0.088 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(35.54% 0.148 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0292, 3.8213, 17.8165)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B77 #42771B

analogous

#221B77 #501B77 #771B70

triadic

#501B77 #77501B #1B7750

tetradic

#501B77 #77221B #42771B #1B7077

square

#501B77 #77221B #42771B #1B7077

split-complementary

#501B77 #70771B #1B7722

monochromatic

#110619 #2E1045 #501B77 #7226A9 #923AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#501B77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#501B77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B77

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B77	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.148 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855d9f',
    500: '#501b77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b77;
$custom-light: #855d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.565,
    "s": 63.014,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35542,
    "c": 0.14839,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B77

secondary

#6FAB42

accent

#E64287

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B77

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

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