#501F6F#501F6F

#501F6F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.134 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F6F
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 111)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 72.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.11, 37.62, -36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.11, 52.64, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(35.37% 0.085 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(35.37% 0.134 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6669, 3.8333, 15.4245)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F6F #3E6F1F

analogous

#281F6F #501F6F #6F1F66

triadic

#501F6F #6F501F #1F6F50

tetradic

#501F6F #6F281F #3E6F1F #1F666F

square

#501F6F #6F281F #3E6F1F #1F666F

split-complementary

#501F6F #666F1F #1F6F28

monochromatic

#110718 #2E123F #501F6F #722C9F #943FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#501F6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#501F6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F6F

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F6F	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10386D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.134 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845f99',
    500: '#501f6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f6f;
$custom-light: #845f99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.75,
    "s": 56.338,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35373,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F6F

secondary

#6BA347

accent

#E04883

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F6F

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

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