#501C97#501C97

#501C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.182 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C97
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 151)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 81.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.07, 49.13, -57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.07, 75.39, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0782 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.182 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3079, 4.7701, 29.7025)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C97 #63971C

analogous

#1C2597 #501C97 #8E1C97

triadic

#501C97 #97501C #1C9750

tetradic

#501C97 #971C25 #63971C #1C978E

square

#501C97 #971C25 #63971C #1C978E

split-complementary

#501C97 #978E1C #25971C

monochromatic

#190930 #351263 #501C97 #6B26CB #8C4FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#501C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#501C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C97

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C97	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.182 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960b7',
    500: '#501c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c97;
$custom-light: #8960b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.366,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38518,
    "c": 0.18165,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C97

secondary

#90C14E

accent

#EC3CA1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C97

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

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