#501F6E#501F6E

#501F6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.133 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F6E
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 110)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 71.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.04, 37.37, -36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.04, 52.10, 315.84°)
OKLab	oklab(35.3% 0.0851 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(35.3% 0.133 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6122, 3.8114, 15.1362)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F6E #3D6E1F

analogous

#281F6E #501F6E #6E1F64

triadic

#501F6E #6E501F #1F6E50

tetradic

#501F6E #6E281F #3D6E1F #1F646E

square

#501F6E #6E281F #3D6E1F #1F646E

split-complementary

#501F6E #646E1F #1F6E28

monochromatic

#110718 #2D123E #501F6E #732C9E #943FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#501F6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#501F6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F6E

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F6E	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11386C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.133 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845f98',
    500: '#501f6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f6e;
$custom-light: #845f98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.215,
    "s": 56.028,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35296,
    "c": 0.13335,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F6E

secondary

#69A247

accent

#DF4882

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F6E

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

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