#501D9F#501D9F

#501D9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.189 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D9F
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 159)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 81.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.98, 50.81, -60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.98, 79.06, 309.99°)
OKLab	oklab(39.39% 0.0748 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(39.39% 0.189 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0039, 5.0871, 33.2490)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D9F #6C9F1D

analogous

#1D2B9F #501D9F #911D9F

triadic

#501D9F #9F501D #1D9F50

tetradic

#501D9F #9F1D2B #6C9F1D #1D9F91

square

#501D9F #9F1D2B #6C9F1D #1D9F91

split-complementary

#501D9F #9F911D #2B9F1D

monochromatic

#1C0A37 #36146B #501D9F #6A26D3 #8C56E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#501D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#501D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D9F

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D9F	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.189 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60bd',
    500: '#501d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d9f;
$custom-light: #8a60bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.538,
    "s": 69.149,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39385,
    "c": 0.18932,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D9F

secondary

#98C454

accent

#EC3CA7

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D9F

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

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