#501B7D#501B7D

#501B7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.155 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#501B7D
RGBrgb(80, 27, 125)
HSLhsl(272, 64%, 30%)
HSVhsv(272, 78%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(36%, 78.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LABlab(23.57, 42.94, -45.03)
CIE-LCHlch(23.57, 62.23, 313.64°)
OKLaboklab(36.05% 0.0867 -0.1283)
OKLCHoklch(36.05% 0.155 304)
XYZxyz(7.4010, 3.9700, 19.7744)
Luminance0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#501B7D #487D1B
analogous
#1F1B7D #501B7D #7D1B79
triadic
#501B7D #7D501B #1B7D50
tetradic
#501B7D #7D1F1B #487D1B #1B797D
square
#501B7D #7D1F1B #487D1B #1B797D
split-complementary
#501B7D #797D1B #1B7D1F
monochromatic
#100519 #30104B #501B7D #7026AF #8F3DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71
#501B7D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79
#501B7D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B7D
11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##501B7D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##501B7D1.0011.711.7911.71
#FFFFFF11.711.0021.001.00
#0000001.7921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.711.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003780
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00387B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#47344B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #501b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.155 304.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ea3',
    500: '#501b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #501b7d;
$custom-light: #865ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#501b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.449,
    "s": 64.474,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36051,
    "c": 0.15483,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.0397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#501B7D
secondary
#75B143
accent
#E7408D
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#F0E9F4
border
#CBC5CE
text
#0C050F
muted
#7D797F

Preview Lab

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#501B7D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva