#501B80#501B80

#501B80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.158 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B80
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 128)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 78.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.83, 43.69, -46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.83, 63.81, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0859 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.158 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5956, 4.0478, 20.7990)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.49

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B80 #4B801B

analogous

#1D1B80 #501B80 #801B7D

triadic

#501B80 #80501B #1B8050

tetradic

#501B80 #801D1B #4B801B #1B7D80

square

#501B80 #801D1B #4B801B #1B7D80

split-complementary

#501B80 #7D801B #1B801D

monochromatic

#11061B #30104D #501B80 #7026B3 #8E3FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#501B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#501B80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B80

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B80	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.158 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ea6',
    500: '#501b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b80;
$custom-light: #865ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.485,
    "s": 65.161,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36312,
    "c": 0.15804,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B80

secondary

#79B443

accent

#E84090

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B80

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

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