#501E76#501E76

#501E76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.144 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E76
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 118)
HSL	hsl(274, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 74.6%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.48, 39.83, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.48, 56.97, 314.36°)
OKLab	oklab(35.81% 0.0851 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(35.81% 0.144 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0418, 3.9421, 17.5260)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E76 #44761E

analogous

#241E76 #501E76 #761E70

triadic

#501E76 #76501E #1E7650

tetradic

#501E76 #76241E #44761E #1E7076

square

#501E76 #76241E #44761E #1E7076

split-complementary

#501E76 #70761E #1E7624

monochromatic

#110618 #2F1245 #501E76 #712AA7 #9140CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#501E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#501E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E76

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E76	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.144 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855f9e',
    500: '#501e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e76;
$custom-light: #855f9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.091,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35805,
    "c": 0.14358,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E76

secondary

#71AA46

accent

#E34589

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E76

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

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