#501E87#501E87

#501E87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.162 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E87
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 135)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 77.8%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.90, 44.14, -49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.90, 66.08, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.0813 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.162 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1446, 4.3832, 23.3339)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E87 #55871E

analogous

#1E2187 #501E87 #841E87

triadic

#501E87 #87501E #1E8750

tetradic

#501E87 #871E21 #55871E #1E8784

square

#501E87 #871E21 #55871E #1E8784

split-complementary

#501E87 #87841E #21871E

monochromatic

#150823 #321355 #501E87 #6E29B9 #8C49D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#501E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#501E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E87

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E87	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.162 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760ab',
    500: '#501e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e87;
$custom-light: #8760ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37252,
    "c": 0.16232,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E87

secondary

#83B948

accent

#E74198

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E87

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

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