#501D8E#501D8E

#501D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.171 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D8E
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 142)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 79.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.37, 46.39, -52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.37, 70.25, 311.32°)
OKLab	oklab(37.78% 0.0802 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(37.78% 0.171 298)
XYZ	xyz(8.6288, 4.5370, 26.0071)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D8E #5B8E1D

analogous

#1D228E #501D8E #881D8E

triadic

#501D8E #8E501D #1D8E50

tetradic

#501D8E #8E1D22 #5B8E1D #1D8E88

square

#501D8E #8E1D22 #5B8E1D #1D8E88

split-complementary

#501D8E #8E881D #228E1D

monochromatic

#170828 #33135B #501D8E #6D27C1 #8C4BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#501D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#501D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D8E

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D8E	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.171 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885fb0',
    500: '#501d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d8e;
$custom-light: #885fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.08,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37777,
    "c": 0.171,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D8E

secondary

#89BD4A

accent

#E93F9C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D8E

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

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