#501B8A#501B8A

#501B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.169 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B8A
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 138)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 80.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.72, 46.21, -51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.72, 69.08, 311.99°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.0831 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.169 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2865, 4.3242, 24.4379)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B8A #558A1B

analogous

#1B1D8A #501B8A #881B8A

triadic

#501B8A #8A501B #1B8A50

tetradic

#501B8A #8A1B1D #558A1B #1B8A88

square

#501B8A #8A1B1D #558A1B #1B8A88

split-complementary

#501B8A #8A881B #1D8A1B

monochromatic

#150724 #321157 #501B8A #6E25BD #8C45DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#501B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#501B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B8A

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B8A	1.00	11.26	1.86	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.169 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ead',
    500: '#501b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b8a;
$custom-light: #875ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.649,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37206,
    "c": 0.16873,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B8A

secondary

#83BC45

accent

#EA3E98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B8A

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

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