#501D81#501D81

#501D81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.157 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D81
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 129)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 77.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.22, 43.06, -46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.22, 63.38, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.61% 0.0838 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(36.61% 0.157 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7091, 4.1692, 21.1632)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D81 #4E811D

analogous

#1E1D81 #501D81 #811D80

triadic

#501D81 #81501D #1D8150

tetradic

#501D81 #811E1D #4E811D #1D8081

square

#501D81 #811E1D #4E811D #1D8081

split-complementary

#501D81 #80811D #1D811E

monochromatic

#12071D #31124F #501D81 #6F28B3 #8E44D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#501D81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#501D81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D81

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D81	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.157 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fa6',
    500: '#501d81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d81;
$custom-light: #865fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.6,
    "s": 63.291,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36615,
    "c": 0.15688,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D81

secondary

#7CB446

accent

#E64192

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D81

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

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