#501F7E#501F7E

#501F7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.151 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F7E
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 75.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.30, 41.37, -44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.30, 60.75, 312.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.0825 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.151 303)
XYZ	xyz(7.5633, 4.1918, 20.1453)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F7E #4D7E1F

analogous

#201F7E #501F7E #7E1F7C

triadic

#501F7E #7E501F #1F7E50

tetradic

#501F7E #7E201F #4D7E1F #1F7C7E

square

#501F7E #7E201F #4D7E1F #1F7C7E

split-complementary

#501F7E #7C7E1F #1F7E20

monochromatic

#12071C #31134D #501F7E #6F2BAF #8E46D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#501F7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#501F7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F7E

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F7E	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.151 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660a4',
    500: '#501f7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f7e;
$custom-light: #8660a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.947,
    "s": 60.51,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36588,
    "c": 0.1512,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.04192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F7E

secondary

#7BB148

accent

#E44491

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F7E

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

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