#501B79#501B79

#501B79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.151 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B79
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 121)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 77.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.24, 41.95, -43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.24, 60.10, 314.27°)
OKLab	oklab(35.71% 0.0876 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(35.71% 0.151 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1506, 3.8699, 18.4557)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B79 #44791B

analogous

#211B79 #501B79 #791B73

triadic

#501B79 #79501B #1B7950

tetradic

#501B79 #79211B #44791B #1B7379

square

#501B79 #79211B #44791B #1B7379

split-complementary

#501B79 #73791B #1B7921

monochromatic

#110619 #2F1047 #501B79 #7126AB #913BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#501B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#501B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B79

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B79	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.151 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855da0',
    500: '#501b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b79;
$custom-light: #855da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.83,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3571,
    "c": 0.15054,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B79

secondary

#71AD43

accent

#E74189

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B79

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

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