#501E7B#501E7B

#501E7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.149 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E7B
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 123)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 75.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.88, 41.08, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.88, 59.66, 313.52°)
OKLab	oklab(36.22% 0.0841 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(36.22% 0.149 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3469, 4.0641, 19.1325)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E7B #497B1E

analogous

#221E7B #501E7B #7B1E77

triadic

#501E7B #7B501E #1E7B50

tetradic

#501E7B #7B221E #497B1E #1E777B

square

#501E7B #7B221E #497B1E #1E777B

split-complementary

#501E7B #777B1E #1E7B22

monochromatic

#100619 #30124A #501E7B #702AAC #8F42D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#501E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#501E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E7B

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E7B	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.149 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa2',
    500: '#501e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e7b;
$custom-light: #855fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.258,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36218,
    "c": 0.1491,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E7B

secondary

#76AE46

accent

#E4448E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E7B

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

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