#501C79#501C79

#501C79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.149 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C79
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 121)
HSL	hsl(274, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 77%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 76.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.39, 41.51, -42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.39, 59.61, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.0866 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.149 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1739, 3.9165, 18.4635)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C79 #45791C

analogous

#211C79 #501C79 #791C74

triadic

#501C79 #79501C #1C7950

tetradic

#501C79 #79211C #45791C #1C7479

square

#501C79 #79211C #45791C #1C7479

split-complementary

#501C79 #74791C #1C7921

monochromatic

#100619 #2F1047 #501C79 #7128AB #913DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#501C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#501C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C79

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C79	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.149 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea0',
    500: '#501c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c79;
$custom-light: #855ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.548,
    "s": 62.416,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35821,
    "c": 0.14935,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C79

secondary

#72AD44

accent

#E5428A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C79

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

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