#501E77#501E77

#501E77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.145 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E77
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 119)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 74.8%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.56, 40.08, -41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.56, 57.51, 314.19°)
OKLab	oklab(35.89% 0.0849 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(35.89% 0.145 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1016, 3.9660, 17.8406)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E77 #45771E

analogous

#241E77 #501E77 #771E72

triadic

#501E77 #77501E #1E7750

tetradic

#501E77 #77241E #45771E #1E7277

square

#501E77 #77241E #45771E #1E7277

split-complementary

#501E77 #72771E #1E7724

monochromatic

#100618 #2F1246 #501E77 #712AA8 #9140CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#501E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#501E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E77

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E77	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.145 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855f9f',
    500: '#501e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e77;
$custom-light: #855f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.708,
    "s": 59.732,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35887,
    "c": 0.14468,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E77

secondary

#72AB46

accent

#E3458A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E77

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

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