#501F81#501F81

#501F81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.155 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F81
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 129)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 76%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.55, 42.14, -45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.55, 62.37, 312.51°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.0818 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.155 302)
XYZ	xyz(7.7597, 4.2704, 21.1801)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F81 #50811F

analogous

#1F1F81 #501F81 #811F81

triadic

#501F81 #81501F #1F8150

tetradic

#501F81 #811F1F #50811F #1F8181

square

#501F81 #811F1F #50811F #1F8181

split-complementary

#501F81 #81811F #1F811F

monochromatic

#13071E #311350 #501F81 #6F2BB2 #8D47D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#501F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#501F81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F81

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F81	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.155 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660a6',
    500: '#501f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f81;
$custom-light: #8660a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 61.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36843,
    "c": 0.15454,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.0427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F81

secondary

#7EB448

accent

#E44394

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F81

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

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