#501D6D#501D6D

#501D6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.135 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D6D
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 109)
HSL	hsl(278, 58%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 73%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 73.4%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 38.11, -36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 52.66, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.0876 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.135 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5074, 3.6885, 14.8342)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D6D #3A6D1D

analogous

#281D6D #501D6D #6D1D62

triadic

#501D6D #6D501D #1D6D50

tetradic

#501D6D #6D281D #3A6D1D #1D626D

square

#501D6D #6D281D #3A6D1D #1D626D

split-complementary

#501D6D #626D1D #1D6D28

monochromatic

#120618 #2D103D #501D6D #732A9D #963ACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#501D6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#501D6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D6D

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D6D	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10376B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.135 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e97',
    500: '#501d6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d6d;
$custom-light: #845e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.25,
    "s": 57.971,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34969,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D6D

secondary

#66A244

accent

#E1477F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D6D

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

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