#501C7C#501C7C

#501C7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.153 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C7C
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 124)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 77.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.64, 42.25, -44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.64, 61.21, 313.65°)
OKLab	oklab(36.07% 0.0859 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(36.07% 0.153 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3608, 3.9912, 19.4475)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.92

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C7C #487C1C

analogous

#201C7C #501C7C #7C1C78

triadic

#501C7C #7C501C #1C7C50

tetradic

#501C7C #7C201C #487C1C #1C787C

square

#501C7C #7C201C #487C1C #1C787C

split-complementary

#501C7C #787C1C #1C7C20

monochromatic

#100619 #30114A #501C7C #7027AE #8F3FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#501C7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#501C7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C7C

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C7C	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.153 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ea3',
    500: '#501c7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c7c;
$custom-light: #865ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36074,
    "c": 0.1526,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C7C

secondary

#75B044

accent

#E6428D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C7C

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

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