#501E7D#501E7D

#501E7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.151 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E7D
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 125)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 76%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 41.59, -44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 60.73, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.39% 0.0837 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(36.39% 0.151 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4733, 4.1147, 19.7986)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E7D #4B7D1E

analogous

#211E7D #501E7D #7D1E7A

triadic

#501E7D #7D501E #1E7D50

tetradic

#501E7D #7D211E #4B7D1E #1E7A7D

square

#501E7D #7D211E #4B7D1E #1E7A7D

split-complementary

#501E7D #7A7D1E #1E7D21

monochromatic

#11061A #30124C #501E7D #702AAE #8E43D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#501E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#501E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E7D

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E7D	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.151 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fa3',
    500: '#501e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e7d;
$custom-light: #865fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36386,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E7D

secondary

#79B046

accent

#E44390

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E7D

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

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