#501D78#501D78

#501D78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.147 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D78
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 120)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 75.8%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.47, 40.80, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.47, 58.56, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.0858 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.147 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1370, 3.9403, 18.1502)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D78 #45781D

analogous

#221D78 #501D78 #781D73

triadic

#501D78 #78501D #1D7850

tetradic

#501D78 #78221D #45781D #1D7378

square

#501D78 #78221D #45781D #1D7378

split-complementary

#501D78 #73781D #1D7822

monochromatic

#100619 #2F1147 #501D78 #7129A9 #913FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#501D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#501D78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D78

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D78	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.147 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea0',
    500: '#501d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d78;
$custom-light: #855ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.626,
    "s": 61.074,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35852,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D78

secondary

#72AC45

accent

#E4448A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D78

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

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