#501C9D#501C9D

#501C9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.188 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C9D
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 157)
HSL	hsl(264, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 82.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.65, 50.69, -59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.65, 78.47, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(39.1% 0.0762 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(39.1% 0.188 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.8076, 4.9700, 32.3343)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C9D #699D1C

analogous

#1C299D #501C9D #911C9D

triadic

#501C9D #9D501C #1C9D50

tetradic

#501C9D #9D1C29 #699D1C #1C9D91

square

#501C9D #9D1C29 #699D1C #1C9D91

split-complementary

#501C9D #9D911C #299D1C

monochromatic

#1B0935 #361369 #501C9D #6A25D1 #8C53E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#501C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#501C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C9D

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C9D	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.188 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60bb',
    500: '#501c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c9d;
$custom-light: #8a60bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.186,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39096,
    "c": 0.18806,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C9D

secondary

#95C351

accent

#ED3BA5

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C9D

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

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