#501F7C#501F7C

#501F7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.149 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F7C
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 75%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.13, 40.86, -43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.13, 59.67, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.42% 0.0829 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(36.42% 0.149 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4355, 4.1407, 19.4724)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.46

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F7C #4B7C1F

analogous

#211F7C #501F7C #7C1F79

triadic

#501F7C #7C501F #1F7C50

tetradic

#501F7C #7C211F #4B7C1F #1F797C

square

#501F7C #7C211F #4B7C1F #1F797C

split-complementary

#501F7C #797C1F #1F7C21

monochromatic

#11071A #30134B #501F7C #702BAD #8E45D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#501F7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#501F7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F7C

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F7C	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.149 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660a3',
    500: '#501f7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f7c;
$custom-light: #8660a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.613,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3642,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F7C

secondary

#79AF48

accent

#E34590

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F7C

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

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