#501D89#501D89

#501D89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.166 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D89
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 137)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 78.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 45.10, -50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 67.62, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(37.32% 0.0817 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(37.32% 0.166 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2618, 4.3902, 24.0742)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D89 #56891D

analogous

#1D2089 #501D89 #861D89

triadic

#501D89 #89501D #1D8950

tetradic

#501D89 #891D20 #56891D #1D8986

square

#501D89 #891D20 #56891D #1D8986

split-complementary

#501D89 #89861D #20891D

monochromatic

#150824 #331256 #501D89 #6D28BC #8C48D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#501D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#501D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D89

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D89	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.166 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875fac',
    500: '#501d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d89;
$custom-light: #875fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.333,
    "s": 65.06,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37322,
    "c": 0.16559,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D89

secondary

#84BA47

accent

#E84099

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D89

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

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