#501B8C#501B8C

#501B8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.171 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B8C
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 140)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 80.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.90, 46.72, -52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.90, 70.12, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(37.39% 0.0825 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(37.39% 0.171 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4326, 4.3827, 25.2075)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B8C #578C1B

analogous

#1B1E8C #501B8C #891B8C

triadic

#501B8C #8C501B #1B8C50

tetradic

#501B8C #8C1B1E #578C1B #1B8C89

square

#501B8C #8C1B1E #578C1B #1B8C89

split-complementary

#501B8C #8C891B #1E8C1B

monochromatic

#150725 #331159 #501B8C #6D25BF #8C46DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#501B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#501B8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B8C

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B8C	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.171 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885eaf',
    500: '#501b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b8c;
$custom-light: #885eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.142,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37389,
    "c": 0.17086,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B8C

secondary

#85BD46

accent

#EB3D99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B8C

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

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