#501C8F#501C8F

#501C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.173 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C8F
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 143)
HSL	hsl(267, 67%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 80.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.32, 47.07, -53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.32, 71.24, 311.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.77% 0.0808 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(37.77% 0.173 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6802, 4.5190, 26.3962)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C8F #5B8F1C

analogous

#1C228F #501C8F #891C8F

triadic

#501C8F #8F501C #1C8F50

tetradic

#501C8F #8F1C22 #5B8F1C #1C8F89

square

#501C8F #8F1C22 #5B8F1C #1C8F89

split-complementary

#501C8F #8F891C #228F1C

monochromatic

#170829 #33125C #501C8F #6D26C2 #8C4ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#501C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#501C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C8F

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C8F	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.173 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885fb1',
    500: '#501c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c8f;
$custom-light: #885fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.13,
    "s": 67.251,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37766,
    "c": 0.17309,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C8F

secondary

#89BE49

accent

#EA3E9C

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C8F

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

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