#501E73#501E73

#501E73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.140 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E73
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 115)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 73.9%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.24, 39.09, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.24, 55.35, 314.93°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0856 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.14 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8664, 3.8719, 16.6020)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E73 #41731E

analogous

#251E73 #501E73 #731E6B

triadic

#501E73 #73501E #1E7350

tetradic

#501E73 #73251E #41731E #1E6B73

square

#501E73 #73251E #41731E #1E6B73

split-complementary

#501E73 #6B731E #1E7325

monochromatic

#110618 #2E1142 #501E73 #722BA4 #923FCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#501E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#501E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E73

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E73	1.00	11.83	1.77	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.140 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855f9c',
    500: '#501e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e73;
$custom-light: #855f9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35563,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E73

secondary

#6EA746

accent

#E24686

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E73

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

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