#501E78#501E78

#501E78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.146 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E78
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 120)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 75%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.64, 40.33, -41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.64, 58.05, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(35.97% 0.0847 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(35.97% 0.146 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1620, 3.9901, 18.1585)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E78 #46781E

analogous

#231E78 #501E78 #781E73

triadic

#501E78 #78501E #1E7850

tetradic

#501E78 #78231E #46781E #1E7378

square

#501E78 #78231E #46781E #1E7378

split-complementary

#501E78 #73781E #1E7823

monochromatic

#100618 #2F1247 #501E78 #712AA9 #9041CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#501E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#501E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E78

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E78	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.146 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa0',
    500: '#501e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e78;
$custom-light: #855fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35969,
    "c": 0.14579,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E78

secondary

#73AC46

accent

#E3458B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E78

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →