#501E75#501E75

#501E75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.142 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E75
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 117)
HSL	hsl(274, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 74.4%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.40, 39.58, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.40, 56.43, 314.55°)
OKLab	oklab(35.72% 0.0852 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(35.72% 0.142 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9827, 3.9185, 17.2147)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E75 #43751E

analogous

#251E75 #501E75 #751E6F

triadic

#501E75 #75501E #1E7550

tetradic

#501E75 #75251E #43751E #1E6F75

square

#501E75 #75251E #43751E #1E6F75

split-complementary

#501E75 #6F751E #1E7525

monochromatic

#110618 #2F1244 #501E75 #712AA6 #9140CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#501E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#501E75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E75

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E75	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.142 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855f9d',
    500: '#501e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e75;
$custom-light: #855f9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.483,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35724,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E75

secondary

#70A946

accent

#E24588

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E75

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

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