#501E84#501E84

#501E84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.159 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E84
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 132)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 77.3%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.64, 43.37, -47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.64, 64.48, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(36.99% 0.0821 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(36.99% 0.159 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9364, 4.2999, 22.2372)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.91

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E84 #52841E

analogous

#1E1F84 #501E84 #831E84

triadic

#501E84 #84501E #1E8450

tetradic

#501E84 #841E1F #52841E #1E8483

square

#501E84 #841E1F #52841E #1E8483

split-complementary

#501E84 #84831E #1F841E

monochromatic

#140720 #321352 #501E84 #6E29B6 #8D47D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#501E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#501E84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E84

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E84	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.159 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fa9',
    500: '#501e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e84;
$custom-light: #865fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.412,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36988,
    "c": 0.15902,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E84

secondary

#80B747

accent

#E64296

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E84

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

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