#501D86#501D86

#501D86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.162 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D86
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 134)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 78.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.66, 44.33, -48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.66, 66.03, 312.17°)
OKLab	oklab(37.05% 0.0825 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(37.05% 0.162 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0496, 4.3054, 22.9566)
Luminance	0.0430 (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

#501D86 #53861D

analogous

#1D1F86 #501D86 #851D86

triadic

#501D86 #86501D #1D8650

tetradic

#501D86 #861D1F #53861D #1D8685

square

#501D86 #861D1F #53861D #1D8685

split-complementary

#501D86 #86851D #1F861D

monochromatic

#140721 #321254 #501D86 #6E28B8 #8D46D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#501D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#501D86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D86

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D86	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.162 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875faa',
    500: '#501d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d86;
$custom-light: #875faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.143,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37054,
    "c": 0.16232,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D86

secondary

#81B946

accent

#E74096

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D86

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

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