#501C81#501C81

#501C81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.158 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C81
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 129)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 78.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.07, 43.50, -46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.07, 63.87, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.51% 0.0847 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(36.51% 0.158 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6850, 4.1209, 21.1552)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C81 #4D811C

analogous

#1D1C81 #501C81 #811C7F

triadic

#501C81 #81501C #1C8150

tetradic

#501C81 #811D1C #4D811C #1C7F81

square

#501C81 #811D1C #4D811C #1C7F81

split-complementary

#501C81 #7F811C #1C811D

monochromatic

#12061C #31114F #501C81 #6F27B3 #8E42D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#501C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#501C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C81

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C81	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.158 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ea6',
    500: '#501c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c81;
$custom-light: #865ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.891,
    "s": 64.331,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36506,
    "c": 0.15801,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C81

secondary

#7BB444

accent

#E74091

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C81

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

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