#501C8B#501C8B

#501C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.169 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C8B
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 139)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 79.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.95, 46.04, -51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.95, 69.14, 311.75°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.082 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.169 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3825, 4.3999, 24.8287)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C8B #578B1C

analogous

#1C208B #501C8B #871C8B

triadic

#501C8B #8B501C #1C8B50

tetradic

#501C8B #8B1C20 #578B1C #1C8B87

square

#501C8B #8B1C20 #578B1C #1C8B87

split-complementary

#501C8B #8B871C #208B1C

monochromatic

#150725 #331258 #501C8B #6D26BE #8C47DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#501C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#501C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C8B

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C8B	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.169 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875fae',
    500: '#501c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c8b;
$custom-light: #875fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.108,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37399,
    "c": 0.16879,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C8B

secondary

#85BC47

accent

#E93E99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C8B

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

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