#501D7F#501D7F

#501D7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.155 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D7F
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 127)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 77.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 42.55, -45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 62.31, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.44% 0.0842 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(36.44% 0.155 303)
XYZ	xyz(7.5775, 4.1165, 20.4699)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.89

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D7F #4C7F1D

analogous

#1F1D7F #501D7F #7F1D7D

triadic

#501D7F #7F501D #1D7F50

tetradic

#501D7F #7F1F1D #4C7F1D #1D7D7F

square

#501D7F #7F1F1D #4C7F1D #1D7D7F

split-complementary

#501D7F #7D7F1D #1D7F1F

monochromatic

#11061B #31124D #501D7F #6F28B1 #8E42D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#501D7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#501D7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D7F

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D7F	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.155 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fa5',
    500: '#501d7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d7f;
$custom-light: #865fa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.224,
    "s": 62.821,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36442,
    "c": 0.15469,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.04117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D7F

secondary

#7AB245

accent

#E64291

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D7F

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

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