#501C80#501C80

#501C80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.157 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C80
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 128)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 78.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.98, 43.25, -46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.98, 63.33, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.42% 0.085 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(36.42% 0.157 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6189, 4.0945, 20.8068)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.66

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C80 #4C801C

analogous

#1E1C80 #501C80 #801C7E

triadic

#501C80 #80501C #1C8050

tetradic

#501C80 #801E1C #4C801C #1C7E80

square

#501C80 #801E1C #4C801C #1C7E80

split-complementary

#501C80 #7E801C #1C801E

monochromatic

#11061C #31114E #501C80 #6F27B2 #8E41D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#501C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#501C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C80

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C80	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.157 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ea6',
    500: '#501c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c80;
$custom-light: #865ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36419,
    "c": 0.15693,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C80

secondary

#7AB344

accent

#E74191

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C80

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

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