#501E6D#501E6D

#501E6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.134 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E6D
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 109)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 72.5%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.79, 37.62, -36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.79, 52.11, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.09% 0.0864 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(35.09% 0.134 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5323, 3.7383, 14.8425)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E6D #3B6D1E

analogous

#291E6D #501E6D #6D1E63

triadic

#501E6D #6D501E #1E6D50

tetradic

#501E6D #6D291E #3B6D1E #1E636D

square

#501E6D #6D291E #3B6D1E #1E636D

split-complementary

#501E6D #636D1E #1E6D29

monochromatic

#120718 #2D113D #501E6D #732B9D #953CC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#501E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#501E6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E6D

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E6D	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11376B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.134 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e97',
    500: '#501e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e6d;
$custom-light: #845e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.975,
    "s": 56.835,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35093,
    "c": 0.13363,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E6D

secondary

#67A145

accent

#E04880

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E6D

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

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