#501C86#501C86

#501C86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.163 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C86
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 134)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 79.1%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.50, 44.77, -49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.50, 66.51, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% 0.0834 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.163 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0255, 4.2571, 22.9485)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.56

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C86 #52861C

analogous

#1C1D86 #501C86 #851C86

triadic

#501C86 #86501C #1C8650

tetradic

#501C86 #861C1D #52861C #1C8685

square

#501C86 #861C1D #52861C #1C8685

split-complementary

#501C86 #86851C #1D861C

monochromatic

#140721 #321153 #501C86 #6E27B9 #8D44D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#501C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#501C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C86

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C86	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.163 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875faa',
    500: '#501c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c86;
$custom-light: #875faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.434,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36947,
    "c": 0.1634,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C86

secondary

#80B945

accent

#E83F95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C86

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

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