#501D80#501D80

#501D80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.156 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D80
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 128)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 77.3%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 42.81, -46.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 62.84, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.53% 0.084 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(36.53% 0.156 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6430, 4.1427, 20.8149)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D80 #4D801D

analogous

#1E1D80 #501D80 #801D7E

triadic

#501D80 #80501D #1D8050

tetradic

#501D80 #801E1D #4D801D #1D7E80

square

#501D80 #801E1D #4D801D #1D7E80

split-complementary

#501D80 #7E801D #1D801E

monochromatic

#12061C #31124E #501D80 #6F28B2 #8E43D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#501D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#501D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D80

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D80	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.156 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fa6',
    500: '#501d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d80;
$custom-light: #865fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.909,
    "s": 63.057,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36529,
    "c": 0.15578,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D80

secondary

#7BB345

accent

#E64291

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D80

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

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