#501E88#501E88

#501E88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.163 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E88
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 136)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 77.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.99, 44.40, -49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.99, 66.61, 311.81°)
OKLab	oklab(37.34% 0.0811 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(37.34% 0.163 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2154, 4.4115, 23.7065)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E88 #56881E

analogous

#1E2188 #501E88 #851E88

triadic

#501E88 #88501E #1E8850

tetradic

#501E88 #881E21 #56881E #1E8885

square

#501E88 #881E21 #56881E #1E8885

split-complementary

#501E88 #88851E #21881E

monochromatic

#150824 #331356 #501E88 #6D29BA #8C49D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#501E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#501E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E88

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E88	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.163 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760ac',
    500: '#501e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e88;
$custom-light: #8760ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.302,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37341,
    "c": 0.16342,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E88

secondary

#84B949

accent

#E74199

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E88

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

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