#501D6F#501D6F

#501D6F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.137 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D6F
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 111)
HSL	hsl(277, 59%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 73.9%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.76, 38.59, -37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.76, 53.73, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(35.13% 0.0873 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(35.13% 0.137 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6163, 3.7320, 15.4077)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D6F #3C6F1D

analogous

#271D6F #501D6F #6F1D65

triadic

#501D6F #6F501D #1D6F50

tetradic

#501D6F #6F271D #3C6F1D #1D656F

square

#501D6F #6F271D #3C6F1D #1D656F

split-complementary

#501D6F #656F1D #1D6F27

monochromatic

#110618 #2D103E #501D6F #732AA0 #953BCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#501D6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#501D6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D6F

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D6F	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C376D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.137 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e99',
    500: '#501d6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d6f;
$custom-light: #845e99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.317,
    "s": 58.571,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35125,
    "c": 0.13719,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D6F

secondary

#68A344

accent

#E24681

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D6F

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

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