#501E7C#501E7C

#501E7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.150 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E7C
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 75.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.96, 41.34, -43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.96, 60.20, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(36.3% 0.0839 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(36.3% 0.15 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.4098, 4.0893, 19.4638)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.27

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E7C #4A7C1E

analogous

#211E7C #501E7C #7C1E79

triadic

#501E7C #7C501E #1E7C50

tetradic

#501E7C #7C211E #4A7C1E #1E797C

square

#501E7C #7C211E #4A7C1E #1E797C

split-complementary

#501E7C #797C1E #1E7C21

monochromatic

#100619 #30124B #501E7C #702AAD #8F43D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#501E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#501E7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E7C

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E7C	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.150 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fa3',
    500: '#501e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e7c;
$custom-light: #865fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.915,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36302,
    "c": 0.15021,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.04089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E7C

secondary

#78AF46

accent

#E4448F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E7C

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

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