#501D7A#501D7A

#501D7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.149 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D7A
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 122)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 76.2%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.64, 41.30, -43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.64, 59.64, 313.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.02% 0.0854 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(36.02% 0.149 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2597, 3.9894, 18.7962)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.27

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D7A #477A1D

analogous

#221D7A #501D7A #7A1D76

triadic

#501D7A #7A501D #1D7A50

tetradic

#501D7A #7A221D #477A1D #1D767A

square

#501D7A #7A221D #477A1D #1D767A

split-complementary

#501D7A #767A1D #1D7A22

monochromatic

#100619 #301149 #501D7A #7029AB #9040D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#501D7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#501D7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D7A

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D7A	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.149 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea1',
    500: '#501d7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d7a;
$custom-light: #855ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.903,
    "s": 61.589,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36018,
    "c": 0.14923,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D7A

secondary

#74AE45

accent

#E5438C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D7A

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

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