#501E8B#501E8B

#501E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.167 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E8B
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.25, 45.18, -51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.25, 68.20, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% 0.0802 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.167 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4315, 4.4980, 24.8451)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E8B #598B1E

analogous

#1E228B #501E8B #861E8B

triadic

#501E8B #8B501E #1E8B50

tetradic

#501E8B #8B1E22 #598B1E #1E8B86

square

#501E8B #8B1E22 #598B1E #1E8B86

split-complementary

#501E8B #8B861E #228B1E

monochromatic

#160826 #331359 #501E8B #6D29BD #8C4BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#501E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#501E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E8B

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E8B	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.167 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760ae',
    500: '#501e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e8b;
$custom-light: #8760ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.523,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3761,
    "c": 0.1667,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E8B

secondary

#87BB4A

accent

#E7409B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E8B

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

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