#501D6B#501D6B

#501D6B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.133 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D6B
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 107)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 72.9%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.46, 37.63, -35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.46, 51.58, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(34.82% 0.0878 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(34.82% 0.133 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4010, 3.6459, 14.2736)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D6B #386B1D

analogous

#291D6B #501D6B #6B1D5F

triadic

#501D6B #6B501D #1D6B50

tetradic

#501D6B #6B291D #386B1D #1D5F6B

square

#501D6B #6B291D #386B1D #1D5F6B

split-complementary

#501D6B #5F6B1D #1D6B29

monochromatic

#120718 #2C103B #501D6B #742A9B #9739C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#501D6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#501D6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D6B

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D6B	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.133 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e96',
    500: '#501d6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d6b;
$custom-light: #845e96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 57.353,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34815,
    "c": 0.13283,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D6B

secondary

#64A044

accent

#E1477C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D6B

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

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