#501EA1#501EA1

#501EA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.191 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501EA1
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 161)
HSL	hsl(263, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 81.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.32, 50.93, -61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.32, 79.65, 309.75°)
OKLab	oklab(39.68% 0.0734 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(39.68% 0.191 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2038, 5.2069, 34.1787)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501EA1 #6FA11E

analogous

#1E2DA1 #501EA1 #921EA1

triadic

#501EA1 #A1501E #1EA150

tetradic

#501EA1 #A11E2D #6FA11E #1EA192

square

#501EA1 #A11E2D #6FA11E #1EA192

split-complementary

#501EA1 #A1921E #2DA11E

monochromatic

#1D0B3A #36146D #501EA1 #6A28D5 #8D59E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#501EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#501EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501EA1

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501EA1	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.191 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61be',
    500: '#501ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501ea1;
$custom-light: #8a61be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.901,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39676,
    "c": 0.19059,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501EA1

secondary

#9AC457

accent

#EB3CA9

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #501EA1

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

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