#501B8F#501B8F

#501B8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.174 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B8F
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 143)
HSL	hsl(267, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 81.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 47.48, -53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 71.68, 311.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.0816 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.174 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6568, 4.4724, 26.3884)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B8F #5A8F1B

analogous

#1B208F #501B8F #8A1B8F

triadic

#501B8F #8F501B #1B8F50

tetradic

#501B8F #8F1B20 #5A8F1B #1B8F8A

square

#501B8F #8F1B20 #5A8F1B #1B8F8A

split-complementary

#501B8F #8F8A1B #208F1B

monochromatic

#160828 #33115C #501B8F #6D25C2 #8C48DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#501B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#501B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B8F

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B8F	1.00	11.08	1.89	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.174 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885fb1',
    500: '#501b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b8f;
$custom-light: #885fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.414,
    "s": 68.235,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37667,
    "c": 0.17406,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B8F

secondary

#88BE48

accent

#EB3D9B

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B8F

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

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