#501E86#501E86

#501E86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.161 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E86
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 134)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 77.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.81, 43.88, -48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.81, 65.54, 312.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.16% 0.0816 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(37.16% 0.161 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0745, 4.3552, 22.9649)
Luminance	0.0435 (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

#501E86 #54861E

analogous

#1E2086 #501E86 #841E86

triadic

#501E86 #86501E #1E8650

tetradic

#501E86 #861E20 #54861E #1E8684

square

#501E86 #861E20 #54861E #1E8684

split-complementary

#501E86 #86841E #20861E

monochromatic

#140822 #321354 #501E86 #6E29B8 #8C48D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#501E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#501E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E86

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E86	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.161 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760aa',
    500: '#501e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e86;
$custom-light: #8760aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.846,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37164,
    "c": 0.16122,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E86

secondary

#82B847

accent

#E64197

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E86

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

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