#501C9F#501C9F

#501C9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.190 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501C9F
RGB	rgb(80, 28, 159)
HSL	hsl(264, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 82.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.84, 51.21, -60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.84, 79.49, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(39.29% 0.0755 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(39.29% 0.19 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9798, 5.0388, 33.2409)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501C9F #6B9F1C

analogous

#1C2A9F #501C9F #921C9F

triadic

#501C9F #9F501C #1C9F50

tetradic

#501C9F #9F1C2A #6B9F1C #1C9F92

square

#501C9F #9F1C2A #6B9F1C #1C9F92

split-complementary

#501C9F #9F921C #2A9F1C

monochromatic

#1C0A37 #36136B #501C9F #6A25D3 #8C54E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#501C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#501C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501C9F

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501C9F	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 28, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.190 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60bd',
    500: '#501c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501c9f;
$custom-light: #8a60bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.817,
    "s": 70.053,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3929,
    "c": 0.19019,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501C9F

secondary

#97C453

accent

#ED3BA6

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #501C9F

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

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