#501B8E#501B8E

#501B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.173 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B8E
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.08, 47.23, -53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.08, 71.16, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% 0.0819 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.173 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5814, 4.4422, 25.9912)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B8E #598E1B

analogous

#1B208E #501B8E #891B8E

triadic

#501B8E #8E501B #1B8E50

tetradic

#501B8E #8E1B20 #598E1B #1B8E89

square

#501B8E #8E1B20 #598E1B #1B8E89

split-complementary

#501B8E #8E891B #208E1B

monochromatic

#160727 #33115B #501B8E #6D25C1 #8C47DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#501B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#501B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B8E

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B8E	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.173 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885fb0',
    500: '#501b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b8e;
$custom-light: #885fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.652,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37574,
    "c": 0.17299,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B8E

secondary

#87BE47

accent

#EB3D9B

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B8E

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

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