#501D7D#501D7D

#501D7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.153 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D7D
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 125)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 76.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.88, 42.05, -44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.88, 61.24, 313.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.27% 0.0847 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(36.27% 0.153 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4484, 4.0649, 19.7903)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D7D #4A7D1D

analogous

#201D7D #501D7D #7D1D7A

triadic

#501D7D #7D501D #1D7D50

tetradic

#501D7D #7D201D #4A7D1D #1D7A7D

square

#501D7D #7D201D #4A7D1D #1D7A7D

split-complementary

#501D7D #7A7D1D #1D7D20

monochromatic

#10061A #30114B #501D7D #7029AF #8F41D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#501D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#501D7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D7D

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D7D	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.153 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fa3',
    500: '#501d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d7d;
$custom-light: #865fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.875,
    "s": 62.338,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36271,
    "c": 0.15251,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D7D

secondary

#78B145

accent

#E5428F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D7D

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

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