#501E80#501E80

#501E80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.155 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E80
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 128)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.5%, 76.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.30, 42.35, -45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.30, 62.34, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36.64% 0.083 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(36.64% 0.155 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6679, 4.1925, 20.8232)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E80 #4E801E

analogous

#1F1E80 #501E80 #801E7F

triadic

#501E80 #80501E #1E8050

tetradic

#501E80 #801F1E #4E801E #1E7F80

square

#501E80 #801F1E #4E801E #1E7F80

split-complementary

#501E80 #7F801E #1E801F

monochromatic

#12071D #31124E #501E80 #6F2AB2 #8E45D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#501E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#501E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E80

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E80	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.155 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fa6',
    500: '#501e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e80;
$custom-light: #865fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 62.025,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36641,
    "c": 0.15462,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E80

secondary

#7CB347

accent

#E54392

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E80

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

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