#501C8A#501C8A

#501C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.168 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C8A
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 138)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 79.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.86, 45.79, -51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.86, 68.62, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(37.31% 0.0823 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(37.31% 0.168 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3098, 4.3709, 24.4457)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C8A #568A1C

analogous

#1C1F8A #501C8A #871C8A

triadic

#501C8A #8A501C #1C8A50

tetradic

#501C8A #8A1C1F #568A1C #1C8A87

square

#501C8A #8A1C1F #568A1C #1C8A87

split-complementary

#501C8A #8A871C #1F8A1C

monochromatic

#150724 #331257 #501C8A #6D26BD #8C47DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#501C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#501C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C8A

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C8A	1.00	11.20	1.87	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.168 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875fad',
    500: '#501c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c8a;
$custom-light: #875fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.364,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37308,
    "c": 0.16771,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C8A

secondary

#84BB46

accent

#E93F99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C8A

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

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