#501E6B#501E6B

#501E6B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.131 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E6B
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 107)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 72%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.64, 37.14, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.64, 51.03, 316.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0866 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.131 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4259, 3.6957, 14.2819)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E6B #396B1E

analogous

#2A1E6B #501E6B #6B1E60

triadic

#501E6B #6B501E #1E6B50

tetradic

#501E6B #6B2A1E #396B1E #1E606B

square

#501E6B #6B2A1E #396B1E #1E606B

split-complementary

#501E6B #606B1E #1E6B2A

monochromatic

#120718 #2C113B #501E6B #742B9B #973BC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#501E6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#501E6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E6B

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E6B	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.131 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e96',
    500: '#501e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e6b;
$custom-light: #845e96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.961,
    "s": 56.204,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3494,
    "c": 0.13143,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E6B

secondary

#659F45

accent

#DF487D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E6B

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

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