#501E6C#501E6C

#501E6C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.133 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E6C
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 108)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 72.2%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.71, 37.38, -35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.71, 51.57, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% 0.0865 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.133 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4788, 3.7169, 14.5606)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E6C #3A6C1E

analogous

#291E6C #501E6C #6C1E61

triadic

#501E6C #6C501E #1E6C50

tetradic

#501E6C #6C291E #3A6C1E #1E616C

square

#501E6C #6C291E #3A6C1E #1E616C

split-complementary

#501E6C #616C1E #1E6C29

monochromatic

#120718 #2D113C #501E6C #732B9C #963CC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#501E6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#501E6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E6C

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E6C	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13376A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.133 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e97',
    500: '#501e6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e6c;
$custom-light: #845e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.462,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35016,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E6C

secondary

#66A045

accent

#E0487E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E6C

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

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