#501E8C#501E8C

#501E8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.168 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E8C
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 140)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 78.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 45.44, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 68.73, 311.38°)
OKLab	oklab(37.7% 0.08 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(37.7% 0.168 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5049, 4.5273, 25.2316)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E8C #5A8C1E

analogous

#1E238C #501E8C #871E8C

triadic

#501E8C #8C501E #1E8C50

tetradic

#501E8C #8C1E23 #5A8C1E #1E8C87

square

#501E8C #8C1E23 #5A8C1E #1E8C87

split-complementary

#501E8C #8C871E #238C1E

monochromatic

#160827 #33135A #501E8C #6D29BE #8C4CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#501E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#501E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E8C

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E8C	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.168 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760af',
    500: '#501e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e8c;
$custom-light: #8760af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.377,
    "c": 0.16779,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E8C

secondary

#88BB4B

accent

#E8409C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E8C

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

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