#501D8C#501D8C

#501D8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.169 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D8C
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 140)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 79.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.19, 45.87, -51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.19, 69.20, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.59% 0.0808 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(37.59% 0.169 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4800, 4.4775, 25.2233)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D8C #598C1D

analogous

#1D218C #501D8C #871D8C

triadic

#501D8C #8C501D #1D8C50

tetradic

#501D8C #8C1D21 #598C1D #1D8C87

square

#501D8C #8C1D21 #598C1D #1D8C87

split-complementary

#501D8C #8C871D #218C1D

monochromatic

#160827 #331259 #501D8C #6D28BF #8C4AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#501D8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#501D8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D8C

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D8C	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.169 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875faf',
    500: '#501d8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d8c;
$custom-light: #875faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37594,
    "c": 0.16884,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D8C

secondary

#87BC49

accent

#E93F9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D8C

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

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