#501E9F#501E9F

#501E9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.188 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E9F
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 159)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 81.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.12, 50.40, -60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.12, 78.62, 309.87°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.0741 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.188 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0288, 5.1369, 33.2573)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E9F #6D9F1E

analogous

#1E2C9F #501E9F #911E9F

triadic

#501E9F #9F501E #1E9F50

tetradic

#501E9F #9F1E2C #6D9F1E #1E9F91

square

#501E9F #9F1E2C #6D9F1E #1E9F91

split-complementary

#501E9F #9F911E #2C9F1E

monochromatic

#1C0B38 #36146C #501E9F #6A28D2 #8C58DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#501E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#501E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E9F

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E9F	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.188 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61bc',
    500: '#501e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e9f;
$custom-light: #8a61bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.256,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39481,
    "c": 0.18844,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E9F

secondary

#99C356

accent

#EB3DA8

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E9F

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

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