#501D8D#501D8D

#501D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.170 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D8D
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 79.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.28, 46.13, -52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.28, 69.73, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0805 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.17 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5541, 4.5072, 25.6134)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D8D #5A8D1D

analogous

#1D228D #501D8D #881D8D

triadic

#501D8D #8D501D #1D8D50

tetradic

#501D8D #8D1D22 #5A8D1D #1D8D88

square

#501D8D #8D1D22 #5A8D1D #1D8D88

split-complementary

#501D8D #8D881D #228D1D

monochromatic

#160827 #33135A #501D8D #6D27C0 #8C4BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#501D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#501D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D8D

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D8D	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.170 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885faf',
    500: '#501d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d8d;
$custom-light: #885faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.321,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37685,
    "c": 0.16993,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D8D

secondary

#88BC4A

accent

#E93F9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D8D

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

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