#501B84#501B84

#501B84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.162 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B84
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 132)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 79.5%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 44.69, -48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 65.93, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.66% 0.0848 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(36.66% 0.162 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8640, 4.1552, 22.2131)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.39

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B84 #4F841B

analogous

#1B1B84 #501B84 #841B83

triadic

#501B84 #84501B #1B8450

tetradic

#501B84 #841B1B #4F841B #1B8384

square

#501B84 #841B1B #4F841B #1B8384

split-complementary

#501B84 #83841B #1B841B

monochromatic

#12061E #311151 #501B84 #6F25B7 #8D41D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#501B84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#501B84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B84

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B84	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.162 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ea9',
    500: '#501b84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b84;
$custom-light: #875ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.286,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36664,
    "c": 0.16232,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B84

secondary

#7DB743

accent

#E93F93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B84

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

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