#501C94#501C94

#501C94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.178 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C94
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 148)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 81.1%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.78, 48.36, -55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.78, 73.84, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.23% 0.0792 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(38.23% 0.178 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0674, 4.6739, 28.4356)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C94 #60941C

analogous

#1C2494 #501C94 #8C1C94

triadic

#501C94 #94501C #1C9450

tetradic

#501C94 #941C24 #60941C #1C948C

square

#501C94 #941C24 #60941C #1C948C

split-complementary

#501C94 #948C1C #24941C

monochromatic

#18092D #341261 #501C94 #6C26C7 #8C4DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#501C94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#501C94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C94

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C94	1.00	10.85	1.93	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.178 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885fb4',
    500: '#501c94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c94;
$custom-light: #885fb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38234,
    "c": 0.17845,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C94

secondary

#8EC04C

accent

#EB3DA0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C94

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

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