#501E96#501E96

#501E96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.179 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E96
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 150)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 80%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.26, 48.04, -56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.26, 73.97, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(38.62% 0.077 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(38.62% 0.179 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2761, 4.8358, 29.2929)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E96 #64961E

analogous

#1E2896 #501E96 #8C1E96

triadic

#501E96 #96501E #1E9650

tetradic

#501E96 #961E28 #64961E #1E968C

square

#501E96 #961E28 #64961E #1E968C

split-complementary

#501E96 #968C1E #28961E

monochromatic

#1A0A30 #351463 #501E96 #6B28C9 #8C52DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#501E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#501E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E96

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E96	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.179 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960b6',
    500: '#501e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e96;
$custom-light: #8960b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38623,
    "c": 0.1787,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E96

secondary

#91BF50

accent

#EA3EA2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E96

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

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