#501E72#501E72

#501E72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.139 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E72
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 114)
HSL	hsl(276, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 73.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 38.84, -38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 54.81, 315.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.48% 0.0857 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(35.48% 0.139 308)
XYZ	xyz(6.8092, 3.8490, 16.3006)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E72 #40721E

analogous

#261E72 #501E72 #721E6A

triadic

#501E72 #72501E #1E7250

tetradic

#501E72 #72261E #40721E #1E6A72

square

#501E72 #72261E #40721E #1E6A72

split-complementary

#501E72 #6A721E #1E7226

monochromatic

#110618 #2E1142 #501E72 #722BA2 #933ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#501E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#501E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E72

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E72	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.139 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855f9b',
    500: '#501e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e72;
$custom-light: #855f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35484,
    "c": 0.13916,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.03849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E72

secondary

#6DA646

accent

#E24685

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E72

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

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