#501C7D#501C7D

#501C7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.154 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C7D
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 125)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 77.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.73, 42.50, -44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.73, 61.74, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.16% 0.0857 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(36.16% 0.154 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4243, 4.0167, 19.7822)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C7D #497D1C

analogous

#1F1C7D #501C7D #7D1C7A

triadic

#501C7D #7D501C #1C7D50

tetradic

#501C7D #7D1F1C #497D1C #1C7A7D

square

#501C7D #7D1F1C #497D1C #1C7A7D

split-complementary

#501C7D #7A7D1C #1C7D1F

monochromatic

#100619 #30114B #501C7D #7027AF #8F3FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#501C7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#501C7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C7D

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C7D	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.154 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ea3',
    500: '#501c7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c7d;
$custom-light: #865ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.165,
    "s": 63.399,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3616,
    "c": 0.15369,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C7D

secondary

#76B144

accent

#E6418E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C7D

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

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