#501DC2#501DC2

#501DC2 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.226 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501DC2
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 194)
HSL	hsl(259, 74%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(259, 85%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 85.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.59, 59.95, -75.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.59, 96.46, 308.42°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.062 -0.2177)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.226 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.4823, 6.4784, 51.5685)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501DC2 #8FC21D

analogous

#1D3DC2 #501DC2 #A21DC2

triadic

#501DC2 #C2501D #1DC250

tetradic

#501DC2 #C21D3D #8FC21D #1DC2A2

square

#501DC2 #C21D3D #8FC21D #1DC2A2

split-complementary

#501DC2 #C2A21D #3DC21D

monochromatic

#240D58 #3A158D #501DC2 #6E3BE2 #9570EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#501DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#501DC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501DC2

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501DC2	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B5273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.226 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63d6',
    500: '#501dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501dc2;
$custom-light: #8f63d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 73.991,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42938,
    "c": 0.22638,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501DC2

secondary

#B1D06B

accent

#F137B7

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0E0614

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #501DC2

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

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