#501D82#501D82

#501D82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.158 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D82
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 130)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 77.7%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.31, 43.31, -46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.31, 63.91, 312.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.7% 0.0835 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(36.7% 0.158 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7759, 4.1959, 21.5150)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.77

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D82 #4F821D

analogous

#1D1D82 #501D82 #821D81

triadic

#501D82 #82501D #1D8250

tetradic

#501D82 #821D1D #4F821D #1D8182

square

#501D82 #821D1D #4F821D #1D8182

split-complementary

#501D82 #81821D #1D821D

monochromatic

#12071E #311250 #501D82 #6F28B4 #8D44D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#501D82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#501D82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D82

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D82	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.158 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fa7',
    500: '#501d82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d82;
$custom-light: #865fa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.297,
    "s": 63.522,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36702,
    "c": 0.15797,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D82

secondary

#7DB546

accent

#E74193

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D82

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

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