#501B7F#501B7F

#501B7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.157 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B7F
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 127)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 78.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.74, 43.44, -46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.74, 63.29, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(36.22% 0.0862 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(36.22% 0.157 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5301, 4.0216, 20.4541)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.54

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B7F #4A7F1B

analogous

#1E1B7F #501B7F #7F1B7C

triadic

#501B7F #7F501B #1B7F50

tetradic

#501B7F #7F1E1B #4A7F1B #1B7C7F

square

#501B7F #7F1E1B #4A7F1B #1B7C7F

split-complementary

#501B7F #7C7F1B #1B7F1E

monochromatic

#10061A #30104D #501B7F #7026B1 #8F3ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#501B7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#501B7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B7F

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B7F	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.157 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ea5',
    500: '#501b7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b7f;
$custom-light: #865ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.8,
    "s": 64.935,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36224,
    "c": 0.15696,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B7F

secondary

#78B343

accent

#E8408F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B7F

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

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