#501C85#501C85

#501C85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.162 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C85
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 133)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 78.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.42, 44.52, -48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.42, 65.98, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% 0.0837 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.162 301)
XYZ	xyz(7.9561, 4.2294, 22.5829)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.55

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C85 #51851C

analogous

#1C1D85 #501C85 #851C85

triadic

#501C85 #85501C #1C8550

tetradic

#501C85 #851C1D #51851C #1C8585

square

#501C85 #851C1D #51851C #1C8585

split-complementary

#501C85 #85851C #1D851C

monochromatic

#130720 #321152 #501C85 #6E27B8 #8D44D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#501C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#501C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C85

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C85	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.162 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ea9',
    500: '#501c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c85;
$custom-light: #875ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.714,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36858,
    "c": 0.16232,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.04229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C85

secondary

#7FB845

accent

#E84095

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C85

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

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