#501C8E#501C8E

#501C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.172 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C8E
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.23, 46.81, -53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.23, 70.71, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.0811 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.172 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6047, 4.4888, 25.9990)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C8E #5A8E1C

analogous

#1C218E #501C8E #891C8E

triadic

#501C8E #8E501C #1C8E50

tetradic

#501C8E #8E1C21 #5A8E1C #1C8E89

square

#501C8E #8E1C21 #5A8E1C #1C8E89

split-complementary

#501C8E #8E891C #218E1C

monochromatic

#160828 #33125B #501C8E #6D26C1 #8C49DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#501C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#501C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C8E

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C8E	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.172 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885fb0',
    500: '#501c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c8e;
$custom-light: #885fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.368,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37674,
    "c": 0.17201,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C8E

secondary

#88BD49

accent

#EA3E9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C8E

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

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