#501D9A#501D9A

#501D9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.184 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D9A
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 154)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 81%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 81.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.50, 49.50, -58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.50, 76.49, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(38.9% 0.0765 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(38.9% 0.184 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5788, 4.9170, 31.0100)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D9A #679A1D

analogous

#1D289A #501D9A #8E1D9A

triadic

#501D9A #9A501D #1D9A50

tetradic

#501D9A #9A1D28 #679A1D #1D9A8E

square

#501D9A #9A1D28 #679A1D #1D9A8E

split-complementary

#501D9A #9A8E1D #289A1D

monochromatic

#1A0A33 #351366 #501D9A #6B27CE #8C53DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#501D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#501D9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D9A

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D9A	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.184 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960b9',
    500: '#501d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d9a;
$custom-light: #8960b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.48,
    "s": 68.306,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38902,
    "c": 0.18396,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D9A

secondary

#94C251

accent

#EB3DA4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D9A

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

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