#501D6A#501D6A

#501D6A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.132 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D6A
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 106)
HSL	hsl(280, 57%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 73%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 72.6%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.39, 37.39, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.39, 51.05, 317.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.0879 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.132 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3487, 3.6250, 13.9981)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D6A #376A1D

analogous

#2A1D6A #501D6A #6A1D5E

triadic

#501D6A #6A501D #1D6A50

tetradic

#501D6A #6A2A1D #376A1D #1D5E6A

square

#501D6A #6A2A1D #376A1D #1D5E6A

split-complementary

#501D6A #5E6A1D #1D6A2A

monochromatic

#120718 #2C103A #501D6A #742A9A #9839C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#501D6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#501D6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D6A

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D6A	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.132 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e95',
    500: '#501d6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d6a;
$custom-light: #845e95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.74,
    "s": 57.037,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34739,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D6A

secondary

#639F44

accent

#E0487B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D6A

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

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