#501E79#501E79

#501E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.147 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E79
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 121)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 40.58, -42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 58.58, 313.85°)
OKLab	oklab(36.05% 0.0845 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(36.05% 0.147 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2230, 4.0145, 18.4798)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E79 #47791E

analogous

#231E79 #501E79 #791E75

triadic

#501E79 #79501E #1E7950

tetradic

#501E79 #79231E #47791E #1E7579

square

#501E79 #79231E #47791E #1E7579

split-complementary

#501E79 #75791E #1E7923

monochromatic

#100619 #301248 #501E79 #702AAA #9041D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#501E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#501E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E79

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E79	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.147 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa0',
    500: '#501e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e79;
$custom-light: #855fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.967,
    "s": 60.265,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36051,
    "c": 0.14689,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E79

secondary

#74AD46

accent

#E3448C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E79

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

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