#501B7E#501B7E

#501B7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.156 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B7E
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 78.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 43.19, -45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 62.76, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(36.14% 0.0864 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(36.14% 0.156 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4652, 3.9957, 20.1126)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B7E #497E1B

analogous

#1E1B7E #501B7E #7E1B7B

triadic

#501B7E #7E501B #1B7E50

tetradic

#501B7E #7E1E1B #497E1B #1B7B7E

square

#501B7E #7E1E1B #497E1B #1B7B7E

split-complementary

#501B7E #7B7E1B #1B7E1E

monochromatic

#100519 #30104C #501B7E #7026B0 #8F3ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#501B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#501B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B7E

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B7E	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.156 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ea4',
    500: '#501b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b7e;
$custom-light: #865ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.121,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36137,
    "c": 0.15589,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B7E

secondary

#76B243

accent

#E8408E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B7E

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

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