#501F72#501F72

#501F72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.138 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F72
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 72.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.34, 38.35, -38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.34, 54.27, 314.98°)
OKLab	oklab(35.61% 0.0846 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(35.61% 0.138 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8349, 3.9005, 16.3091)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F72 #41721F

analogous

#271F72 #501F72 #721F6A

triadic

#501F72 #72501F #1F7250

tetradic

#501F72 #72271F #41721F #1F6A72

square

#501F72 #72271F #41721F #1F6A72

split-complementary

#501F72 #6A721F #1F7227

monochromatic

#110718 #2E1242 #501F72 #722CA2 #9240CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#501F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#501F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F72

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F72	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A3870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.138 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855f9b',
    500: '#501f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f72;
$custom-light: #855f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.422,
    "s": 57.241,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35607,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F72

secondary

#6EA647

accent

#E04786

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F72

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

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