#501E95#501E95

#501E95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.178 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E95
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 149)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 79.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 47.78, -55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 73.45, 310.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.53% 0.0773 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(38.53% 0.178 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1959, 4.8037, 28.8706)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E95 #63951E

analogous

#1E2895 #501E95 #8B1E95

triadic

#501E95 #95501E #1E9550

tetradic

#501E95 #951E28 #63951E #1E958B

square

#501E95 #951E28 #63951E #1E958B

split-complementary

#501E95 #958B1E #28951E

monochromatic

#19092F #351462 #501E95 #6B28C8 #8C51DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#501E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#501E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E95

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E95	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.178 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860b5',
    500: '#501e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e95;
$custom-light: #8860b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.21,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38529,
    "c": 0.17761,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E95

secondary

#90BF50

accent

#E93EA2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E95

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

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