#501E9D#501E9D

#501E9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.186 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E9D
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 157)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 80.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.93, 49.88, -59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.93, 77.60, 310.00°)
OKLab	oklab(39.29% 0.0748 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(39.29% 0.186 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8567, 5.0680, 32.3506)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E9D #6B9D1E

analogous

#1E2C9D #501E9D #901E9D

triadic

#501E9D #9D501E #1E9D50

tetradic

#501E9D #9D1E2C #6B9D1E #1E9D90

square

#501E9D #9D1E2C #6B9D1E #1E9D90

split-complementary

#501E9D #9D901E #2C9D1E

monochromatic

#1C0A36 #36146A #501E9D #6A28D0 #8C57DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#501E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#501E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E9D

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E9D	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.186 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61bb',
    500: '#501e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e9d;
$custom-light: #8a61bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.622,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39289,
    "c": 0.18628,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E9D

secondary

#97C254

accent

#EB3DA6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E9D

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

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