#501B7B#501B7B

#501B7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.153 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B7B
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 123)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 78%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.40, 42.45, -44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.40, 61.16, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.88% 0.0871 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(35.88% 0.153 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2745, 3.9194, 19.1083)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B7B #467B1B

analogous

#201B7B #501B7B #7B1B76

triadic

#501B7B #7B501B #1B7B50

tetradic

#501B7B #7B201B #467B1B #1B767B

square

#501B7B #7B201B #467B1B #1B767B

split-complementary

#501B7B #767B1B #1B7B20

monochromatic

#100619 #2F1049 #501B7B #7126AD #903CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#501B7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#501B7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B7B

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B7B	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.153 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865da2',
    500: '#501b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b7b;
$custom-light: #865da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.125,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3588,
    "c": 0.15268,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B7B

secondary

#73AF43

accent

#E7418B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B7B

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

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