#501D7C#501D7C

#501D7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.151 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D7C
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 76.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.80, 41.80, -44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.80, 60.71, 313.51°)
OKLab	oklab(36.19% 0.0849 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(36.19% 0.151 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3849, 4.0395, 19.4555)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.09

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D7C #497C1D

analogous

#211D7C #501D7C #7C1D78

triadic

#501D7C #7C501D #1D7C50

tetradic

#501D7C #7C211D #497C1D #1D787C

square

#501D7C #7C211D #497C1D #1D787C

split-complementary

#501D7C #787C1D #1D7C21

monochromatic

#100619 #30114A #501D7C #7029AE #8F41D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#501D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#501D7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D7C

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D7C	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.151 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ea3',
    500: '#501d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d7c;
$custom-light: #865ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.211,
    "s": 62.092,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36186,
    "c": 0.15142,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D7C

secondary

#76B045

accent

#E5438E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D7C

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

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