#501D71#501D71

#501D71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.139 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D71
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 113)
HSL	hsl(276, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 74%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 74.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 39.08, -38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 54.80, 315.48°)
OKLab	oklab(35.28% 0.087 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(35.28% 0.139 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7277, 3.7766, 15.9941)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D71 #3E711D

analogous

#261D71 #501D71 #711D68

triadic

#501D71 #71501D #1D7150

tetradic

#501D71 #71261D #3E711D #1D6871

square

#501D71 #71261D #3E711D #1D6871

split-complementary

#501D71 #68711D #1D7126

monochromatic

#110618 #2E1140 #501D71 #7229A2 #943CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#501D71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#501D71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D71

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D71	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08376F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.139 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855e9a',
    500: '#501d71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d71;
$custom-light: #855e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.429,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35283,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D71

secondary

#6BA544

accent

#E24583

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D71

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

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