#501B7C#501B7C

#501B7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.154 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B7C
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 124)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 78.2%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 42.69, -44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 61.69, 313.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.97% 0.0869 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(35.97% 0.154 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3375, 3.9446, 19.4397)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.75

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B7C #477C1B

analogous

#201B7C #501B7C #7C1B77

triadic

#501B7C #7C501B #1B7C50

tetradic

#501B7C #7C201B #477C1B #1B777C

square

#501B7C #7C201B #477C1B #1B777C

split-complementary

#501B7C #777C1B #1B7C20

monochromatic

#100519 #30104A #501B7C #7026AE #903DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#501B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#501B7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B7C

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B7C	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.154 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865da3',
    500: '#501b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b7c;
$custom-light: #865da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.784,
    "s": 64.238,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35965,
    "c": 0.15376,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B7C

secondary

#74B043

accent

#E7418C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B7C

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

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