#501D77#501D77

#501D77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.146 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D77
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 119)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 75.6%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.39, 40.55, -41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.39, 58.03, 314.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% 0.086 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.146 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0767, 3.9162, 17.8323)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D77 #44771D

analogous

#231D77 #501D77 #771D71

triadic

#501D77 #77501D #1D7750

tetradic

#501D77 #77231D #44771D #1D7177

square

#501D77 #77231D #44771D #1D7177

split-complementary

#501D77 #71771D #1D7723

monochromatic

#110619 #2F1146 #501D77 #7129A8 #913ED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#501D77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#501D77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D77

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D77	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.146 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855e9f',
    500: '#501d77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d77;
$custom-light: #855e9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274,
    "s": 60.811,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35769,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D77

secondary

#71AB45

accent

#E44489

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D77

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

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