#501B88#501B88

#501B88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.167 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B88
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 136)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 80.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.53, 45.70, -50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.53, 68.03, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.0837 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.167 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1430, 4.2668, 23.6823)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B88 #53881B

analogous

#1B1D88 #501B88 #871B88

triadic

#501B88 #88501B #1B8850

tetradic

#501B88 #881B1D #53881B #1B8887

square

#501B88 #881B1D #53881B #1B8887

split-complementary

#501B88 #88871B #1D881B

monochromatic

#140722 #321155 #501B88 #6E25BB #8D44DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#501B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#501B88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B88

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B88	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.167 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875eac',
    500: '#501b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b88;
$custom-light: #875eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.174,
    "s": 66.871,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37024,
    "c": 0.1666,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B88

secondary

#81BB44

accent

#EA3E96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B88

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

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