#501C8C#501C8C

#501C8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.170 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C8C
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 140)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 80%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.04, 46.30, -52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.04, 69.67, 311.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0817 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.17 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4559, 4.4293, 25.2153)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C8C #588C1C

analogous

#1C208C #501C8C #881C8C

triadic

#501C8C #8C501C #1C8C50

tetradic

#501C8C #8C1C20 #588C1C #1C8C88

square

#501C8C #8C1C20 #588C1C #1C8C88

split-complementary

#501C8C #8C881C #208C1C

monochromatic

#160826 #331259 #501C8C #6D26BF #8C48DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#501C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#501C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C8C

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C8C	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.170 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875faf',
    500: '#501c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c8c;
$custom-light: #875faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3749,
    "c": 0.16986,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C8C

secondary

#86BC48

accent

#EA3E9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C8C

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

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