#501C87#501C87

#501C87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.164 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C87
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 135)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 79.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.59, 45.02, -49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.59, 67.04, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37.04% 0.0831 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(37.04% 0.164 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0956, 4.2852, 23.3176)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C87 #53871C

analogous

#1C1E87 #501C87 #861C87

triadic

#501C87 #87501C #1C8750

tetradic

#501C87 #871C1E #53871C #1C8786

square

#501C87 #871C1E #53871C #1C8786

split-complementary

#501C87 #87861C #1E871C

monochromatic

#140722 #321154 #501C87 #6E27BA #8D45D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#501C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#501C87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C87

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C87	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.164 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875fab',
    500: '#501c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c87;
$custom-light: #875fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.159,
    "s": 65.644,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37037,
    "c": 0.16448,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C87

secondary

#81BA45

accent

#E93F96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C87

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

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