#501E7E#501E7E

#501E7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.152 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E7E
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 76.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.13, 41.84, -44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.13, 61.27, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.47% 0.0835 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(36.47% 0.152 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5376, 4.1404, 20.1367)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.13

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E7E #4C7E1E

analogous

#201E7E #501E7E #7E1E7C

triadic

#501E7E #7E501E #1E7E50

tetradic

#501E7E #7E201E #4C7E1E #1E7C7E

square

#501E7E #7E201E #4C7E1E #1E7C7E

split-complementary

#501E7E #7C7E1E #1E7E20

monochromatic

#11061B #31124D #501E7E #6F2AAF #8E44D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#501E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#501E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E7E

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E7E	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.152 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fa4',
    500: '#501e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e7e;
$custom-light: #865fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36471,
    "c": 0.15241,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E7E

secondary

#7AB147

accent

#E54391

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E7E

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

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