#501D76#501D76

#501D76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.145 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D76
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 118)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 75.4%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 40.30, -41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 57.49, 314.51°)
OKLab	oklab(35.69% 0.0861 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(35.69% 0.145 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0169, 3.8923, 17.5177)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D76 #43761D

analogous

#241D76 #501D76 #761D70

triadic

#501D76 #76501D #1D7650

tetradic

#501D76 #76241D #43761D #1D7076

square

#501D76 #76241D #43761D #1D7076

split-complementary

#501D76 #70761D #1D7624

monochromatic

#110619 #2F1145 #501D76 #7129A7 #913ED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#501D76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#501D76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D76

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D76	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.145 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855e9e',
    500: '#501d76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d76;
$custom-light: #855e9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.382,
    "s": 60.544,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35687,
    "c": 0.14486,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D76

secondary

#70AA45

accent

#E44488

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D76

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

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