#501D8B#501D8B

#501D8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.168 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D8B
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 139)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 79.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.10, 45.61, -51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.10, 68.67, 311.62°)
OKLab	oklab(37.5% 0.0811 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(37.5% 0.168 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4066, 4.4482, 24.8368)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D8B #588B1D

analogous

#1D218B #501D8B #871D8B

triadic

#501D8B #8B501D #1D8B50

tetradic

#501D8B #8B1D21 #588B1D #1D8B87

square

#501D8B #8B1D21 #588B1D #1D8B87

split-complementary

#501D8B #8B871D #218B1D

monochromatic

#160826 #331258 #501D8B #6D28BE #8C49D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#501D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#501D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D8B

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D8B	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.168 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875fae',
    500: '#501d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d8b;
$custom-light: #875fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.818,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37503,
    "c": 0.16776,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D8B

secondary

#86BB49

accent

#E83F9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D8B

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

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