#501F77#501F77

#501F77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.143 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F77
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 119)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 73.9%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.73, 39.60, -40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.73, 56.97, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(36.01% 0.0838 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(36.01% 0.143 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1273, 4.0174, 17.8491)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F77 #46771F

analogous

#241F77 #501F77 #771F72

triadic

#501F77 #77501F #1F7750

tetradic

#501F77 #77241F #46771F #1F7277

square

#501F77 #77241F #46771F #1F7277

split-complementary

#501F77 #72771F #1F7724

monochromatic

#100618 #2F1246 #501F77 #712CA8 #9043CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#501F77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#501F77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F77

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F77	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.143 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855f9f',
    500: '#501f77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f77;
$custom-light: #855f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.409,
    "s": 58.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36008,
    "c": 0.14339,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F77

secondary

#73AB47

accent

#E2468B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F77

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

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