#501C82#501C82

#501C82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.159 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C82
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 130)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 78.5%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 43.76, -47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 64.39, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.0845 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.159 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7518, 4.1477, 21.5069)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C82 #4E821C

analogous

#1D1C82 #501C82 #821C81

triadic

#501C82 #82501C #1C8250

tetradic

#501C82 #821D1C #4E821C #1C8182

square

#501C82 #821D1C #4E821C #1C8182

split-complementary

#501C82 #81821C #1C821D

monochromatic

#12061D #311150 #501C82 #6F27B4 #8E42D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#501C82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#501C82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C82

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C82	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.159 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ea7',
    500: '#501c82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c82;
$custom-light: #865ea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.588,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36593,
    "c": 0.15909,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C82

secondary

#7CB544

accent

#E84092

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C82

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

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