#501D72#501D72

#501D72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.140 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D72
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 114)
HSL	hsl(276, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.00, 39.32, -38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.00, 55.34, 315.28°)
OKLab	oklab(35.36% 0.0868 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(35.36% 0.14 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7843, 3.7992, 16.2923)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D72 #3F721D

analogous

#251D72 #501D72 #721D69

triadic

#501D72 #72501D #1D7250

tetradic

#501D72 #72251D #3F721D #1D6972

square

#501D72 #72251D #3F721D #1D6972

split-complementary

#501D72 #69721D #1D7225

monochromatic

#110618 #2E1141 #501D72 #7229A3 #933CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#501D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#501D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D72

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D72	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.140 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855e9b',
    500: '#501d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d72;
$custom-light: #855e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 59.441,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35363,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D72

secondary

#6CA645

accent

#E34584

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D72

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

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