#501D83#501D83

#501D83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.159 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D83
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 131)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 77.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.40, 43.57, -47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.40, 64.44, 312.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.79% 0.0833 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(36.79% 0.159 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8434, 4.2229, 21.8702)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.75

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D83 #50831D

analogous

#1D1D83 #501D83 #831D83

triadic

#501D83 #83501D #1D8350

tetradic

#501D83 #831D1D #50831D #1D8383

square

#501D83 #831D1D #50831D #1D8383

split-complementary

#501D83 #83831D #1D831D

monochromatic

#13071F #311251 #501D83 #6F28B5 #8D45D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#501D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#501D83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D83

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D83	1.00	11.38	1.84	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.159 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fa8',
    500: '#501d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d83;
$custom-light: #865fa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 63.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36789,
    "c": 0.15906,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D83

secondary

#7EB646

accent

#E74194

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D83

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

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