#501C78#501C78

#501C78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.148 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C78
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 120)
HSL	hsl(274, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 77%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 76.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 41.26, -42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 59.07, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.0868 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.148 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1129, 3.8921, 18.1422)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C78 #44781C

analogous

#221C78 #501C78 #781C72

triadic

#501C78 #78501C #1C7850

tetradic

#501C78 #78221C #44781C #1C7278

square

#501C78 #78221C #44781C #1C7278

split-complementary

#501C78 #72781C #1C7822

monochromatic

#110619 #2F1046 #501C78 #7128AA #913DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#501C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#501C78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C78

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C78	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.148 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea0',
    500: '#501c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c78;
$custom-light: #855ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35737,
    "c": 0.14827,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C78

secondary

#71AC44

accent

#E54389

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C78

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

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