#501B87#501B87

#501B87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.166 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B87
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 135)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 80%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 45.45, -49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 67.50, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(36.93% 0.084 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(36.93% 0.166 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0723, 4.2385, 23.3098)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B87 #52871B

analogous

#1B1C87 #501B87 #861B87

triadic

#501B87 #87501B #1B8750

tetradic

#501B87 #871B1C #52871B #1B8786

square

#501B87 #871B1C #52871B #1B8786

split-complementary

#501B87 #87861B #1C871B

monochromatic

#140721 #321154 #501B87 #6E25BA #8D43D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#501B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#501B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B87

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B87	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.166 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875eab',
    500: '#501b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b87;
$custom-light: #875eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.444,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36933,
    "c": 0.16553,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B87

secondary

#80BA44

accent

#EA3E95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B87

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

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