#501B86#501B86

#501B86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.164 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B86
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 134)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 79.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.36, 45.20, -49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.36, 66.98, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.0843 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.164 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0022, 4.2105, 22.9408)
Luminance	0.0421 (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

#501B86 #51861B

analogous

#1B1B86 #501B86 #861B86

triadic

#501B86 #86501B #1B8650

tetradic

#501B86 #861B1B #51861B #1B8686

square

#501B86 #861B1B #51861B #1B8686

split-complementary

#501B86 #86861B #1B861B

monochromatic

#130620 #321153 #501B86 #6E25B9 #8D42D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#501B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#501B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B86

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B86	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.164 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875eaa',
    500: '#501b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b86;
$custom-light: #875eaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.72,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36843,
    "c": 0.16446,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B86

secondary

#7FB944

accent

#E93E95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B86

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

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