#501C7A#501C7A

#501C7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.150 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C7A
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 122)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 77%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.48, 41.75, -43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.48, 60.14, 313.97°)
OKLab	oklab(35.91% 0.0864 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(35.91% 0.15 305)
XYZ	xyz(7.2356, 3.9412, 18.7881)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.10

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C7A #467A1C

analogous

#211C7A #501C7A #7A1C75

triadic

#501C7A #7A501C #1C7A50

tetradic

#501C7A #7A211C #467A1C #1C757A

square

#501C7A #7A211C #467A1C #1C757A

split-complementary

#501C7A #757A1C #1C7A21

monochromatic

#100619 #2F1148 #501C7A #7127AC #903ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#501C7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#501C7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C7A

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C7A	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.150 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ea1',
    500: '#501c7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c7a;
$custom-light: #865ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.191,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35905,
    "c": 0.15043,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C7A

secondary

#73AE44

accent

#E6428B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C7A

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

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