#501EA6#501EA6

#501EA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.196 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501EA6
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 166)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 81.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.81, 52.24, -63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.81, 82.20, 309.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% 0.0717 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.196 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.6535, 5.3868, 36.5474)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501EA6 #74A61E

analogous

#1E30A6 #501EA6 #941EA6

triadic

#501EA6 #A6501E #1EA650

tetradic

#501EA6 #A61E30 #74A61E #1EA694

square

#501EA6 #A61E30 #74A61E #1EA694

split-complementary

#501EA6 #A6941E #30A61E

monochromatic

#1E0B3E #371572 #501EA6 #6929D8 #8E5DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#501EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#501EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501EA6

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501EA6	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.196 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61c2',
    500: '#501ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501ea6;
$custom-light: #8b61c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.059,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40165,
    "c": 0.19598,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501EA6

secondary

#9EC65A

accent

#EC3CAB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #501EA6

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

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