#501D84#501D84

#501D84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.160 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D84
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 132)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 78%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 43.82, -47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 64.97, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.083 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.16 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9115, 4.2501, 22.2289)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.73

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D84 #51841D

analogous

#1D1E84 #501D84 #841D84

triadic

#501D84 #84501D #1D8450

tetradic

#501D84 #841D1E #51841D #1D8484

square

#501D84 #841D1E #51841D #1D8484

split-complementary

#501D84 #84841D #1E841D

monochromatic

#130720 #321252 #501D84 #6E28B6 #8D45D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#501D84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#501D84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D84

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D84	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.160 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fa9',
    500: '#501d84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d84;
$custom-light: #865fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.709,
    "s": 63.975,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36877,
    "c": 0.16014,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D84

secondary

#7FB746

accent

#E74195

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D84

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

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