#501B9E#501B9E

#501B9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.190 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B9E
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 158)
HSL	hsl(264, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 82.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.61, 51.34, -60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.61, 79.40, 310.28°)
OKLab	oklab(39.1% 0.0765 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(39.1% 0.19 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8700, 4.9576, 32.7780)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B9E #699E1B

analogous

#1B279E #501B9E #921B9E

triadic

#501B9E #9E501B #1B9E50

tetradic

#501B9E #9E1B27 #699E1B #1B9E92

square

#501B9E #9E1B27 #699E1B #1B9E92

split-complementary

#501B9E #9E921B #279E1B

monochromatic

#1B0935 #36126A #501B9E #6A24D2 #8C52E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#501B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#501B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B9E

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B9E	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.190 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60bc',
    500: '#501b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b9e;
$custom-light: #8a60bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.275,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39101,
    "c": 0.18997,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B9E

secondary

#95C451

accent

#EE3AA5

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B9E

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

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