#501D8F#501D8F

#501D8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.172 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D8F
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 143)
HSL	hsl(267, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 79.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.46, 46.65, -53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.46, 70.78, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(37.87% 0.0799 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(37.87% 0.172 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7043, 4.5672, 26.4042)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D8F #5C8F1D

analogous

#1D238F #501D8F #891D8F

triadic

#501D8F #8F501D #1D8F50

tetradic

#501D8F #8F1D23 #5C8F1D #1D8F89

square

#501D8F #8F1D23 #5C8F1D #1D8F89

split-complementary

#501D8F #8F891D #238F1D

monochromatic

#170829 #34135C #501D8F #6C27C2 #8C4CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#501D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#501D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D8F

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D8F	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.172 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860b1',
    500: '#501d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d8f;
$custom-light: #8860b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.842,
    "s": 66.279,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37868,
    "c": 0.17209,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D8F

secondary

#8ABD4B

accent

#E93F9D

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D8F

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

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