#501E9B#501E9B

#501E9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.184 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E9B
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 155)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 80.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.74, 49.35, -58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.74, 76.56, 310.13°)
OKLab	oklab(39.1% 0.0754 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(39.1% 0.184 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6873, 5.0003, 31.4587)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E9B #699B1E

analogous

#1E2B9B #501E9B #8F1E9B

triadic

#501E9B #9B501E #1E9B50

tetradic

#501E9B #9B1E2B #699B1E #1E9B8F

square

#501E9B #9B1E2B #699B1E #1E9B8F

split-complementary

#501E9B #9B8F1E #2B9B1E

monochromatic

#1B0A34 #361468 #501E9B #6A28CE #8C55DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#501E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#501E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E9B

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E9B	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.184 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961ba',
    500: '#501e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e9b;
$custom-light: #8961ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39097,
    "c": 0.18412,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E9B

secondary

#95C253

accent

#EA3DA5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E9B

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

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