#501C77#501C77

#501C77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.147 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C77
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 119)
HSL	hsl(274, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 76.5%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.23, 41.01, -41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.23, 58.54, 314.48°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.087 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.147 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0526, 3.8680, 17.8242)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C77 #43771C

analogous

#231C77 #501C77 #771C71

triadic

#501C77 #77501C #1C7750

tetradic

#501C77 #77231C #43771C #1C7177

square

#501C77 #77231C #43771C #1C7177

split-complementary

#501C77 #71771C #1C7723

monochromatic

#110619 #2F1045 #501C77 #7128A9 #913CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#501C77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#501C77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C77

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C77	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.147 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855e9f',
    500: '#501c77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c77;
$custom-light: #855e9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35654,
    "c": 0.14719,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C77

secondary

#70AB44

accent

#E54388

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C77

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

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