#501E89#501E89

#501E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.165 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E89
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 137)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 78.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.08, 44.66, -50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.08, 67.14, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.0808 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.165 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2868, 4.4401, 24.0825)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E89 #57891E

analogous

#1E2289 #501E89 #851E89

triadic

#501E89 #89501E #1E8950

tetradic

#501E89 #891E22 #57891E #1E8985

square

#501E89 #891E22 #57891E #1E8985

split-complementary

#501E89 #89851E #22891E

monochromatic

#150825 #331357 #501E89 #6D29BB #8C4AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#501E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#501E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E89

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E89	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.165 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760ac',
    500: '#501e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e89;
$custom-light: #8760ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.037,
    "s": 64.072,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3743,
    "c": 0.16451,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E89

secondary

#85BA49

accent

#E74199

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E89

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

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