#501D96#501D96

#501D96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.180 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D96
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 150)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 80.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.12, 48.46, -56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.12, 74.43, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0778 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.18 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2512, 4.7860, 29.2846)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D96 #63961D

analogous

#1D2796 #501D96 #8C1D96

triadic

#501D96 #96501D #1D9650

tetradic

#501D96 #961D27 #63961D #1D968C

square

#501D96 #961D27 #63961D #1D968C

split-complementary

#501D96 #968C1D #27961D

monochromatic

#19092F #351363 #501D96 #6B27C9 #8C50DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#501D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#501D96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D96

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D96	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.180 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960b6',
    500: '#501d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d96;
$custom-light: #8960b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.289,
    "s": 67.598,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38522,
    "c": 0.17965,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D96

secondary

#90C04F

accent

#EA3DA1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D96

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

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