#501EA7#501EA7

#501EA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.197 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501EA7
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 167)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 82%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.91, 52.51, -63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.91, 82.71, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% 0.0714 -0.1837)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.197 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7456, 5.4236, 37.0324)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501EA7 #75A71E

analogous

#1E30A7 #501EA7 #941EA7

triadic

#501EA7 #A7501E #1EA750

tetradic

#501EA7 #A71E30 #75A71E #1EA794

square

#501EA7 #A71E30 #75A71E #1EA794

split-complementary

#501EA7 #A7941E #30A71E

monochromatic

#1E0B3F #371573 #501EA7 #692AD9 #8E5DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#501EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#501EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501EA7

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501EA7	1.00	10.07	2.08	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.197 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61c2',
    500: '#501ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501ea7;
$custom-light: #8b61c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.898,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40264,
    "c": 0.19704,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501EA7

secondary

#9FC65B

accent

#EC3BAC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0513

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #501EA7

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

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