#501C8D#501C8D

#501C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.171 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C8D
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 80.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.13, 46.56, -52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.13, 70.19, 311.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.58% 0.0814 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(37.58% 0.171 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5300, 4.4589, 25.6054)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C8D #598D1C

analogous

#1C208D #501C8D #881C8D

triadic

#501C8D #8D501C #1C8D50

tetradic

#501C8D #8D1C20 #598D1C #1C8D88

square

#501C8D #8D1C20 #598D1C #1C8D88

split-complementary

#501C8D #8D881C #208D1C

monochromatic

#160827 #33125A #501C8D #6D26C0 #8C49DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#501C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#501C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C8D

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C8D	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.171 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885faf',
    500: '#501c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c8d;
$custom-light: #885faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.611,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37582,
    "c": 0.17094,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C8D

secondary

#87BD48

accent

#EA3E9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C8D

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

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