#501F7A#501F7A

#501F7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.147 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F7A
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 74.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 40.36, -42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 58.60, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(36.25% 0.0833 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(36.25% 0.147 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3103, 4.0906, 18.8130)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.63

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F7A #497A1F

analogous

#231F7A #501F7A #7A1F76

triadic

#501F7A #7A501F #1F7A50

tetradic

#501F7A #7A231F #497A1F #1F767A

square

#501F7A #7A231F #497A1F #1F767A

split-complementary

#501F7A #767A1F #1F7A23

monochromatic

#100618 #301349 #501F7A #702BAB #8F44CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#501F7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#501F7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F7A

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F7A	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.147 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa1',
    500: '#501f7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f7a;
$custom-light: #855fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 59.477,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36254,
    "c": 0.14674,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F7A

secondary

#76AD47

accent

#E3458E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F7A

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

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