#501E71#501E71

#501E71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.138 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E71
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 113)
HSL	hsl(276, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 73%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 73.5%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.09, 38.60, -38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.09, 54.27, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.41% 0.0859 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(35.41% 0.138 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7526, 3.8264, 16.0024)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E71 #3F711E

analogous

#271E71 #501E71 #711E68

triadic

#501E71 #71501E #1E7150

tetradic

#501E71 #71271E #3F711E #1E6871

square

#501E71 #71271E #3F711E #1E6871

split-complementary

#501E71 #68711E #1E7127

monochromatic

#110618 #2E1141 #501E71 #722BA1 #933ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#501E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#501E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E71

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E71	1.00	11.90	1.77	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A386F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.138 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855e9a',
    500: '#501e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e71;
$custom-light: #855e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.145,
    "s": 58.042,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35405,
    "c": 0.13806,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E71

secondary

#6CA546

accent

#E14784

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E71

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

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