#501E85#501E85

#501E85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.160 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E85
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 133)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 77.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.73, 43.63, -48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.73, 65.01, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.08% 0.0818 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(37.08% 0.16 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0051, 4.3274, 22.5993)
Luminance	0.0433 (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

#501E85 #53851E

analogous

#1E2085 #501E85 #841E85

triadic

#501E85 #85501E #1E8550

tetradic

#501E85 #851E20 #53851E #1E8584

square

#501E85 #851E20 #53851E #1E8584

split-complementary

#501E85 #85841E #20851E

monochromatic

#140721 #321353 #501E85 #6E29B7 #8D48D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#501E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#501E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E85

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E85	1.00	11.26	1.87	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.160 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875fa9',
    500: '#501e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e85;
$custom-light: #875fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.126,
    "s": 63.19,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37076,
    "c": 0.16012,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E85

secondary

#81B847

accent

#E64296

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E85

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

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