#501E8D#501E8D

#501E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.169 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E8D
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 78.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.43, 45.69, -52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.43, 69.25, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(37.79% 0.0797 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(37.79% 0.169 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5790, 4.5570, 25.6217)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E8D #5B8D1E

analogous

#1E238D #501E8D #871E8D

triadic

#501E8D #8D501E #1E8D50

tetradic

#501E8D #8D1E23 #5B8D1E #1E8D87

square

#501E8D #8D1E23 #5B8D1E #1E8D87

split-complementary

#501E8D #8D871E #238D1E

monochromatic

#170928 #33135B #501E8D #6D29BF #8C4CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#501E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#501E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E8D

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E8D	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.169 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760af',
    500: '#501e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e8d;
$custom-light: #8760af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.027,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37791,
    "c": 0.16889,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E8D

secondary

#89BC4B

accent

#E8409C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E8D

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

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