#501C72#501C72

#501C72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.142 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C72
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 114)
HSL	hsl(276, 61%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 75.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.83, 39.79, -39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.83, 55.86, 315.42°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.0879 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.142 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7602, 3.7510, 16.2842)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C72 #3E721C

analogous

#251C72 #501C72 #721C69

triadic

#501C72 #72501C #1C7250

tetradic

#501C72 #72251C #3E721C #1C6972

square

#501C72 #72251C #3E721C #1C6972

split-complementary

#501C72 #69721C #1C7225

monochromatic

#110619 #2E1041 #501C72 #7228A3 #943ACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#501C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#501C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C72

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C72	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.142 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855d9b',
    500: '#501c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c72;
$custom-light: #855d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.279,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35245,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C72

secondary

#6BA643

accent

#E44483

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C72

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

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