#501F7B#501F7B

#501F7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.148 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F7B
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 123)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 74.8%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 40.61, -42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 59.14, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(36.34% 0.0831 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(36.34% 0.148 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3726, 4.1155, 19.1410)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.54

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F7B #4A7B1F

analogous

#221F7B #501F7B #7B1F78

triadic

#501F7B #7B501F #1F7B50

tetradic

#501F7B #7B221F #4A7B1F #1F787B

square

#501F7B #7B221F #4A7B1F #1F787B

split-complementary

#501F7B #787B1F #1F7B22

monochromatic

#100619 #30134A #501F7B #702BAC #8F44D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#501F7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#501F7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F7B

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F7B	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.148 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa2',
    500: '#501f7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f7b;
$custom-light: #855fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.957,
    "s": 59.74,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36336,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F7B

secondary

#78AE48

accent

#E3458F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F7B

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

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