#501D9E#501D9E

#501D9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.188 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D9E
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 158)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 81.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.88, 50.55, -60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.88, 78.55, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(39.29% 0.0751 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(39.29% 0.188 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9175, 5.0525, 32.7938)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D9E #6B9E1D

analogous

#1D2B9E #501D9E #911D9E

triadic

#501D9E #9E501D #1D9E50

tetradic

#501D9E #9E1D2B #6B9E1D #1D9E91

square

#501D9E #9E1D2B #6B9E1D #1D9E91

split-complementary

#501D9E #9E911D #2B9E1D

monochromatic

#1C0A37 #36146A #501D9E #6A26D2 #8C56E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#501D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#501D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D9E

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D9E	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.188 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60bc',
    500: '#501d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d9e;
$custom-light: #8a60bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.721,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39288,
    "c": 0.18826,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D9E

secondary

#97C354

accent

#EC3CA6

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D9E

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

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