#501D87#501D87

#501D87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.163 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D87
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 135)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 78.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.74, 44.59, -49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.74, 66.56, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.0822 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.163 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1197, 4.3334, 23.3256)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D87 #54871D

analogous

#1D1F87 #501D87 #851D87

triadic

#501D87 #87501D #1D8750

tetradic

#501D87 #871D1F #54871D #1D8785

square

#501D87 #871D1F #54871D #1D8785

split-complementary

#501D87 #87851D #1F871D

monochromatic

#140722 #321255 #501D87 #6E28B9 #8C47D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#501D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#501D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D87

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D87	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.163 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875fab',
    500: '#501d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d87;
$custom-light: #875fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.868,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37143,
    "c": 0.16341,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D87

secondary

#82B946

accent

#E84097

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D87

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

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