#501E90#501E90

#501E90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.172 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E90
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 144)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 79.2%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.71, 46.47, -53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.71, 70.83, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(38.07% 0.0788 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(38.07% 0.172 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8053, 4.6475, 26.8133)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E90 #5E901E

analogous

#1E2590 #501E90 #891E90

triadic

#501E90 #90501E #1E9050

tetradic

#501E90 #901E25 #5E901E #1E9089

square

#501E90 #901E25 #5E901E #1E9089

split-complementary

#501E90 #90891E #25901E

monochromatic

#18092B #34135D #501E90 #6C29C3 #8C4EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#501E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#501E90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E90

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E90	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.172 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860b1',
    500: '#501e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e90;
$custom-light: #8860b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.316,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38065,
    "c": 0.17216,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E90

secondary

#8CBD4D

accent

#E83F9E

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E90

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

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