#501D85#501D85

#501D85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.161 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D85
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 133)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 78.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.57, 44.08, -48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.57, 65.50, 312.29°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.0828 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.161 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9802, 4.2776, 22.5910)
Luminance	0.0428 (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

#501D85 #52851D

analogous

#1D1E85 #501D85 #841D85

triadic

#501D85 #85501D #1D8550

tetradic

#501D85 #851D1E #52851D #1D8584

square

#501D85 #851D1E #52851D #1D8584

split-complementary

#501D85 #85841D #1E851D

monochromatic

#140721 #321253 #501D85 #6E28B7 #8D46D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#501D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#501D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D85

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D85	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.161 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875fa9',
    500: '#501d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d85;
$custom-light: #875fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.423,
    "s": 64.198,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36965,
    "c": 0.16124,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D85

secondary

#80B846

accent

#E74196

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D85

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

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