#501F78#501F78

#501F78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.145 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F78
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 120)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 74.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.81, 39.85, -41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.81, 57.51, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.09% 0.0836 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(36.09% 0.145 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1877, 4.0416, 18.1671)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F78 #47781F

analogous

#241F78 #501F78 #781F73

triadic

#501F78 #78501F #1F7850

tetradic

#501F78 #78241F #47781F #1F7378

square

#501F78 #78241F #47781F #1F7378

split-complementary

#501F78 #73781F #1F7824

monochromatic

#100618 #301247 #501F78 #702CA9 #9043CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#501F78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#501F78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F78

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F78	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.145 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa0',
    500: '#501f78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f78;
$custom-light: #855fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.034,
    "s": 58.94,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36089,
    "c": 0.14451,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F78

secondary

#74AB47

accent

#E2468C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F78

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

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