#501F6A#501F6A

#501F6A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.129 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F6A
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 106)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 70.8%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.74, 36.40, -34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.74, 49.94, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(34.99% 0.0855 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(34.99% 0.129 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3993, 3.7262, 14.0150)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F6A #396A1F

analogous

#2B1F6A #501F6A #6A1F5F

triadic

#501F6A #6A501F #1F6A50

tetradic

#501F6A #6A2B1F #396A1F #1F5F6A

square

#501F6A #6A2B1F #396A1F #1F5F6A

split-complementary

#501F6A #5F6A1F #1F6A2B

monochromatic

#120718 #2C113B #501F6A #742D99 #973DC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#501F6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#501F6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F6A

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F6A	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.129 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845f95',
    500: '#501f6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f6a;
$custom-light: #845f95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.2,
    "s": 54.745,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34993,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F6A

secondary

#659E47

accent

#DE4A7D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F6A

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

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