#501E8E#501E8E

#501E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.170 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E8E
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 45.95, -52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 69.78, 311.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37.88% 0.0794 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(37.88% 0.17 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6538, 4.5869, 26.0154)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E8E #5C8E1E

analogous

#1E248E #501E8E #881E8E

triadic

#501E8E #8E501E #1E8E50

tetradic

#501E8E #8E1E24 #5C8E1E #1E8E88

square

#501E8E #8E1E24 #5C8E1E #1E8E88

split-complementary

#501E8E #8E881E #248E1E

monochromatic

#170929 #34135B #501E8E #6C29C1 #8C4DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#501E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#501E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E8E

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E8E	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.170 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860b0',
    500: '#501e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e8e;
$custom-light: #8860b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.786,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37882,
    "c": 0.16998,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E8E

secondary

#8ABC4C

accent

#E8409D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E8E

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

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