#501D79#501D79

#501D79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.148 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D79
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 121)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 76%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.55, 41.05, -42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.55, 59.10, 313.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.94% 0.0856 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(35.94% 0.148 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1980, 3.9647, 18.4715)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D79 #46791D

analogous

#221D79 #501D79 #791D74

triadic

#501D79 #79501D #1D7950

tetradic

#501D79 #79221D #46791D #1D7479

square

#501D79 #79221D #46791D #1D7479

split-complementary

#501D79 #74791D #1D7922

monochromatic

#100619 #2F1148 #501D79 #7129AA #903FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#501D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#501D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D79

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D79	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.148 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea0',
    500: '#501d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d79;
$custom-light: #855ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.261,
    "s": 61.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35935,
    "c": 0.14814,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D79

secondary

#73AD45

accent

#E4438B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D79

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

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