#501C70#501C70

#501C70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.140 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C70
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 112)
HSL	hsl(277, 60%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 75%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.67, 39.30, -38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.67, 54.79, 315.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.09% 0.0883 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(35.09% 0.14 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6476, 3.7060, 15.6912)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C70 #3C701C

analogous

#261C70 #501C70 #701C66

triadic

#501C70 #70501C #1C7050

tetradic

#501C70 #70261C #3C701C #1C6670

square

#501C70 #70261C #3C701C #1C6670

split-complementary

#501C70 #66701C #1C7026

monochromatic

#110618 #2D103F #501C70 #7328A1 #9539CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#501C70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#501C70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C70

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C70	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08376E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.140 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855d9a',
    500: '#501c70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c70;
$custom-light: #855d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35085,
    "c": 0.13961,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C70

secondary

#68A543

accent

#E34581

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C70

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

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