#501B85#501B85

#501B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.163 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B85
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 133)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 79.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.27, 44.95, -48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.27, 66.45, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.75% 0.0846 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(36.75% 0.163 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9328, 4.1827, 22.5752)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.38

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B85 #50851B

analogous

#1B1B85 #501B85 #851B85

triadic

#501B85 #85501B #1B8550

tetradic

#501B85 #851B1B #50851B #1B8585

square

#501B85 #851B1B #50851B #1B8585

split-complementary

#501B85 #85851B #1B851B

monochromatic

#13061F #311152 #501B85 #6F25B8 #8D42D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#501B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#501B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B85

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B85	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.163 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ea9',
    500: '#501b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b85;
$custom-light: #875ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36754,
    "c": 0.16339,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B85

secondary

#7EB844

accent

#E93F94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B85

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

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