#501B97#501B97

#501B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.183 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B97
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 151)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 82.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.93, 49.53, -57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.93, 75.82, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% 0.0789 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.183 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2846, 4.7235, 29.6947)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B97 #62971B

analogous

#1B2497 #501B97 #8E1B97

triadic

#501B97 #97501B #1B9750

tetradic

#501B97 #971B24 #62971B #1B978E

square

#501B97 #971B24 #62971B #1B978E

split-complementary

#501B97 #978E1B #24971B

monochromatic

#19082F #341263 #501B97 #6C24CB #8C4DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#501B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#501B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B97

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B97	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.183 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895fb7',
    500: '#501b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b97;
$custom-light: #895fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.645,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38423,
    "c": 0.18256,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B97

secondary

#8FC14C

accent

#EC3BA1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B97

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

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