#501B8D#501B8D

#501B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.172 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B8D
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 80.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.99, 46.97, -52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.99, 70.64, 311.68°)
OKLab	oklab(37.48% 0.0822 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(37.48% 0.172 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5067, 4.4123, 25.5976)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B8D #588D1B

analogous

#1B1F8D #501B8D #891B8D

triadic

#501B8D #8D501B #1B8D50

tetradic

#501B8D #8D1B1F #588D1B #1B8D89

square

#501B8D #8D1B1F #588D1B #1B8D89

split-complementary

#501B8D #8D891B #1F8D1B

monochromatic

#160726 #33115A #501B8D #6D25C0 #8C47DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#501B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#501B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B8D

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B8D	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.172 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885eaf',
    500: '#501b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b8d;
$custom-light: #885eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.895,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37482,
    "c": 0.17192,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B8D

secondary

#86BD46

accent

#EB3D9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B8D

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

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