#501D7E#501D7E

#501D7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.154 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D7E
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 77%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 42.30, -45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 61.77, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.36% 0.0845 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(36.36% 0.154 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5126, 4.0906, 20.1284)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.95

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D7E #4B7E1D

analogous

#1F1D7E #501D7E #7E1D7C

triadic

#501D7E #7E501D #1D7E50

tetradic

#501D7E #7E1F1D #4B7E1D #1D7C7E

square

#501D7E #7E1F1D #4B7E1D #1D7C7E

split-complementary

#501D7E #7C7E1D #1D7E1F

monochromatic

#11061B #30124C #501D7E #7028B0 #8E42D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#501D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#501D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D7E

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D7E	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.154 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fa4',
    500: '#501d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d7e;
$custom-light: #865fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.546,
    "s": 62.581,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36357,
    "c": 0.1536,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D7E

secondary

#79B145

accent

#E64290

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D7E

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

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