#501D74#501D74

#501D74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.143 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D74
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 116)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 75%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 39.81, -39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 56.42, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(35.52% 0.0865 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(35.52% 0.143 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8993, 3.8452, 16.8984)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D74 #41741D

analogous

#241D74 #501D74 #741D6C

triadic

#501D74 #74501D #1D7450

tetradic

#501D74 #74241D #41741D #1D6C74

square

#501D74 #74241D #41741D #1D6C74

split-complementary

#501D74 #6C741D #1D7424

monochromatic

#110618 #2E1143 #501D74 #7229A5 #923DCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#501D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#501D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D74

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D74	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.143 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855e9d',
    500: '#501d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d74;
$custom-light: #855e9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.172,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35524,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D74

secondary

#6EA845

accent

#E34586

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D74

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

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