#501D7B#501D7B

#501D7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.150 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D7B
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 123)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 76.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 41.55, -43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 60.17, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.1% 0.0851 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(36.1% 0.15 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3220, 4.0143, 19.1241)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D7B #487B1D

analogous

#211D7B #501D7B #7B1D77

triadic

#501D7B #7B501D #1D7B50

tetradic

#501D7B #7B211D #487B1D #1D777B

square

#501D7B #7B211D #487B1D #1D777B

split-complementary

#501D7B #777B1D #1D7B21

monochromatic

#100619 #301149 #501D7B #7029AD #8F40D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#501D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#501D7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D7B

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D7B	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.150 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ea2',
    500: '#501d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d7b;
$custom-light: #865ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.553,
    "s": 61.842,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36102,
    "c": 0.15032,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D7B

secondary

#75AF45

accent

#E5438D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D7B

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

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