#501E94#501E94

#501E94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.177 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E94
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 148)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 79.7%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.07, 47.52, -55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.07, 72.93, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.44% 0.0776 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(38.44% 0.177 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1164, 4.7719, 28.4520)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.31

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E94 #62941E

analogous

#1E2794 #501E94 #8B1E94

triadic

#501E94 #94501E #1E9450

tetradic

#501E94 #941E27 #62941E #1E948B

square

#501E94 #941E27 #62941E #1E948B

split-complementary

#501E94 #948B1E #27941E

monochromatic

#19092E #341461 #501E94 #6C28C7 #8C51DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#501E94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#501E94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E94

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E94	1.00	10.74	1.95	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.177 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860b4',
    500: '#501e94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e94;
$custom-light: #8860b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.424,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38436,
    "c": 0.17652,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E94

secondary

#8FBF4F

accent

#E93FA1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E94

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

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