#501C7E#501C7E

#501C7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.155 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C7E
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 77.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.81, 42.75, -45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.81, 62.27, 313.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.25% 0.0855 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(36.25% 0.155 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4885, 4.0423, 20.1204)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.77

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C7E #4A7E1C

analogous

#1F1C7E #501C7E #7E1C7B

triadic

#501C7E #7E501C #1C7E50

tetradic

#501C7E #7E1F1C #4A7E1C #1C7B7E

square

#501C7E #7E1F1C #4A7E1C #1C7B7E

split-complementary

#501C7E #7B7E1C #1C7E1F

monochromatic

#10061A #30114C #501C7E #7027B0 #8F40D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#501C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#501C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C7E

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C7E	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.155 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ea4',
    500: '#501c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c7e;
$custom-light: #865ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.837,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36246,
    "c": 0.15476,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C7E

secondary

#78B244

accent

#E7418F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C7E

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

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