#501C7B#501C7B

#501C7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.152 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C7B
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 123)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 77.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.56, 42.00, -43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.56, 60.67, 313.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.99% 0.0861 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(35.99% 0.152 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2979, 3.9661, 19.1161)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C7B #477B1C

analogous

#201C7B #501C7B #7B1C77

triadic

#501C7B #7B501C #1C7B50

tetradic

#501C7B #7B201C #477B1C #1C777B

square

#501C7B #7B201C #477B1C #1C777B

split-complementary

#501C7B #777B1C #1C7B20

monochromatic

#100619 #301149 #501C7B #7027AD #903ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#501C7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#501C7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C7B

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C7B	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.152 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ea2',
    500: '#501c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c7b;
$custom-light: #865ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.842,
    "s": 62.914,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35989,
    "c": 0.15152,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C7B

secondary

#74AF44

accent

#E6428C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C7B

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

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