#501B7A#501B7A

#501B7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.152 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B7A
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 122)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 77.9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.32, 42.20, -43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.32, 60.63, 314.11°)
OKLab	oklab(35.8% 0.0874 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(35.8% 0.152 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2123, 3.8945, 18.7803)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B7A #457A1B

analogous

#211B7A #501B7A #7A1B75

triadic

#501B7A #7A501B #1B7A50

tetradic

#501B7A #7A211B #457A1B #1B757A

square

#501B7A #7A211B #457A1B #1B757A

split-complementary

#501B7A #757A1B #1B7A21

monochromatic

#100619 #2F1048 #501B7A #7126AC #913CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#501B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#501B7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B7A

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B7A	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.152 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865da1',
    500: '#501b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b7a;
$custom-light: #865da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.474,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35795,
    "c": 0.15161,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B7A

secondary

#72AE43

accent

#E7418A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B7A

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

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