#501F7D#501F7D

#501F7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.150 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F7D
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 75.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.21, 41.12, -43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.21, 60.21, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.5% 0.0827 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(36.5% 0.15 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4991, 4.1661, 19.8071)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.38

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F7D #4C7D1F

analogous

#211F7D #501F7D #7D1F7B

triadic

#501F7D #7D501F #1F7D50

tetradic

#501F7D #7D211F #4C7D1F #1F7B7D

square

#501F7D #7D211F #4C7D1F #1F7B7D

split-complementary

#501F7D #7B7D1F #1F7D21

monochromatic

#11071B #31134C #501F7D #6F2BAE #8E45D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#501F7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#501F7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F7D

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F7D	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.150 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660a3',
    500: '#501f7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f7d;
$custom-light: #8660a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.277,
    "s": 60.256,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36503,
    "c": 0.15009,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F7D

secondary

#7AB048

accent

#E34491

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F7D

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

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