#501F79#501F79

#501F79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.146 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F79
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 121)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.89, 40.10, -41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.89, 58.05, 313.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.17% 0.0834 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(36.17% 0.146 305)
XYZ	xyz(7.2487, 4.0660, 18.4884)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F79 #48791F

analogous

#231F79 #501F79 #791F75

triadic

#501F79 #79501F #1F7950

tetradic

#501F79 #79231F #48791F #1F7579

square

#501F79 #79231F #48791F #1F7579

split-complementary

#501F79 #75791F #1F7923

monochromatic

#100618 #301348 #501F79 #702BAA #8F43CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#501F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#501F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F79

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F79	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.146 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa0',
    500: '#501f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f79;
$custom-light: #855fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.667,
    "s": 59.211,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36171,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.04066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F79

secondary

#75AC47

accent

#E2458D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F79

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

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