#501E8F#501E8F

#501E8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.171 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E8F
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 143)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 79%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.61, 46.21, -52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.61, 70.31, 311.10°)
OKLab	oklab(37.97% 0.0791 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(37.97% 0.171 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7292, 4.6170, 26.4125)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E8F #5D8F1E

analogous

#1E248F #501E8F #891E8F

triadic

#501E8F #8F501E #1E8F50

tetradic

#501E8F #8F1E24 #5D8F1E #1E8F89

square

#501E8F #8F1E24 #5D8F1E #1E8F89

split-complementary

#501E8F #8F891E #248F1E

monochromatic

#17092A #34135C #501E8F #6C29C2 #8C4EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#501E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#501E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E8F

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E8F	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.171 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860b1',
    500: '#501e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e8f;
$custom-light: #8860b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.549,
    "s": 65.318,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37973,
    "c": 0.17107,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E8F

secondary

#8BBC4C

accent

#E8409E

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E8F

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

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