#501D70#501D70

#501D70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.138 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D70
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 112)
HSL	hsl(277, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 74.1%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.84, 38.83, -37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.84, 54.27, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% 0.0872 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.138 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6717, 3.7542, 15.6993)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D70 #3D701D

analogous

#261D70 #501D70 #701D67

triadic

#501D70 #70501D #1D7050

tetradic

#501D70 #70261D #3D701D #1D6770

square

#501D70 #70261D #3D701D #1D6770

split-complementary

#501D70 #67701D #1D7026

monochromatic

#110618 #2D103F #501D70 #732AA1 #943BCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#501D70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#501D70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D70

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D70	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A376E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.138 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855e9a',
    500: '#501d70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d70;
$custom-light: #855e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.867,
    "s": 58.865,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35204,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D70

secondary

#69A444

accent

#E24682

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D70

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

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