#501D75#501D75

#501D75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.144 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D75
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 117)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.23, 40.06, -40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.23, 56.95, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.6% 0.0863 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(35.6% 0.144 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9578, 3.8686, 17.2064)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D75 #42751D

analogous

#241D75 #501D75 #751D6E

triadic

#501D75 #75501D #1D7550

tetradic

#501D75 #75241D #42751D #1D6E75

square

#501D75 #75241D #42751D #1D6E75

split-complementary

#501D75 #6E751D #1D7524

monochromatic

#110619 #2E1144 #501D75 #7229A6 #923DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#501D75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#501D75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D75

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D75	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.144 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855e9d',
    500: '#501d75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d75;
$custom-light: #855e9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.773,
    "s": 60.274,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35605,
    "c": 0.14376,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D75

secondary

#6FA945

accent

#E34487

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D75

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

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