#501E97#501E97

#501E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.180 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E97
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 151)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 80.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.36, 48.30, -56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.36, 74.49, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0767 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.18 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3569, 4.8681, 29.7188)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E97 #65971E

analogous

#1E2997 #501E97 #8C1E97

triadic

#501E97 #97501E #1E9750

tetradic

#501E97 #971E29 #65971E #1E978C

square

#501E97 #971E29 #65971E #1E978C

split-complementary

#501E97 #978C1E #29971E

monochromatic

#1A0A31 #351464 #501E97 #6B28CA #8C53DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#501E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#501E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E97

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E97	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.180 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8960b7',
    500: '#501e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e97;
$custom-light: #8960b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.793,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38717,
    "c": 0.17978,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E97

secondary

#92C051

accent

#EA3EA3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E97

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

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