#501B89#501B89

#501B89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.168 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B89
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 137)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 80.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.62, 45.96, -50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.62, 68.55, 312.10°)
OKLab	oklab(37.11% 0.0834 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(37.11% 0.168 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2144, 4.2954, 24.0584)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B89 #54891B

analogous

#1B1D89 #501B89 #871B89

triadic

#501B89 #89501B #1B8950

tetradic

#501B89 #891B1D #54891B #1B8987

square

#501B89 #891B1D #54891B #1B8987

split-complementary

#501B89 #89871B #1D891B

monochromatic

#140723 #321156 #501B89 #6E25BC #8C44DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#501B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#501B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B89

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B89	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.168 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875eac',
    500: '#501b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b89;
$custom-light: #875eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.909,
    "s": 67.073,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37115,
    "c": 0.16766,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B89

secondary

#82BC44

accent

#EA3E97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B89

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

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