#501E81#501E81

#501E81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.156 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E81
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 129)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 76.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.38, 42.60, -46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.38, 62.88, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(36.73% 0.0828 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(36.73% 0.156 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7340, 4.2190, 21.1715)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.98

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E81 #4F811E

analogous

#1E1E81 #501E81 #811E80

triadic

#501E81 #81501E #1E8150

tetradic

#501E81 #811E1E #4F811E #1E8081

square

#501E81 #811E1E #4F811E #1E8081

split-complementary

#501E81 #80811E #1E811E

monochromatic

#12071E #31124F #501E81 #6F2AB3 #8D46D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#501E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#501E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E81

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E81	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.156 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fa6',
    500: '#501e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e81;
$custom-light: #865fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.303,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36727,
    "c": 0.15572,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E81

secondary

#7DB447

accent

#E54293

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E81

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

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