#501B82#501B82

#501B82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.160 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B82
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 130)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 79.2%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.00, 44.19, -47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.00, 64.87, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.49% 0.0854 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(36.49% 0.16 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7285, 4.1010, 21.4992)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.42

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B82 #4D821B

analogous

#1D1B82 #501B82 #821B80

triadic

#501B82 #82501B #1B8250

tetradic

#501B82 #821D1B #4D821B #1B8082

square

#501B82 #821D1B #4D821B #1B8082

split-complementary

#501B82 #80821B #1B821D

monochromatic

#12061D #31104F #501B82 #6F26B5 #8E40D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#501B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#501B82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B82

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B82	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.160 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ea7',
    500: '#501b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b82;
$custom-light: #865ea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.874,
    "s": 65.605,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36487,
    "c": 0.16018,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B82

secondary

#7BB643

accent

#E93F91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B82

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

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