#501F76#501F76

#501F76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.142 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F76
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 118)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 73.7%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.65, 39.35, -40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.65, 56.43, 314.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.93% 0.084 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(35.93% 0.142 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0676, 3.9935, 17.5345)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F76 #45761F

analogous

#251F76 #501F76 #761F71

triadic

#501F76 #76501F #1F7650

tetradic

#501F76 #76251F #45761F #1F7176

square

#501F76 #76251F #45761F #1F7176

split-complementary

#501F76 #71761F #1F7625

monochromatic

#100618 #2F1246 #501F76 #712CA6 #9142CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#501F76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#501F76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F76

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F76	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.142 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855f9e',
    500: '#501f76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f76;
$custom-light: #855f9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.793,
    "s": 58.389,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35927,
    "c": 0.14227,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F76

secondary

#72AA47

accent

#E2468A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F76

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

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