#501D6C#501D6C

#501D6C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.134 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D6C
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 108)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 73.1%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.54, 37.87, -35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.54, 52.12, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% 0.0877 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.134 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4539, 3.6671, 14.5523)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D6C #396C1D

analogous

#291D6C #501D6C #6C1D61

triadic

#501D6C #6C501D #1D6C50

tetradic

#501D6C #6C291D #396C1D #1D616C

square

#501D6C #6C291D #396C1D #1D616C

split-complementary

#501D6C #616C1D #1D6C29

monochromatic

#120618 #2C103C #501D6C #742A9C #9739CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#501D6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#501D6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D6C

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D6C	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12376A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.134 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e97',
    500: '#501d6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d6c;
$custom-light: #845e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.734,
    "s": 57.664,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34892,
    "c": 0.13392,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D6C

secondary

#65A144

accent

#E1477D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D6C

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

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