#501E7A#501E7A

#501E7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.148 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E7A
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 122)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 75.4%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.80, 40.83, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.80, 59.12, 313.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.13% 0.0843 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(36.13% 0.148 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2846, 4.0392, 18.8045)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.44

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E7A #487A1E

analogous

#221E7A #501E7A #7A1E76

triadic

#501E7A #7A501E #1E7A50

tetradic

#501E7A #7A221E #487A1E #1E767A

square

#501E7A #7A221E #487A1E #1E767A

split-complementary

#501E7A #767A1E #1E7A22

monochromatic

#100619 #301249 #501E7A #702AAB #8F42D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#501E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#501E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E7A

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E7A	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.148 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa1',
    500: '#501e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e7a;
$custom-light: #855fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.609,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36134,
    "c": 0.148,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E7A

secondary

#75AE46

accent

#E4448D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E7A

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

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