#501F85#501F85

#501F85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.159 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F85
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 133)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 76.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.89, 43.17, -47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.89, 64.51, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37.19% 0.0809 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(37.19% 0.159 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0308, 4.3788, 22.6079)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.09

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F85 #54851F

analogous

#1F2185 #501F85 #831F85

triadic

#501F85 #85501F #1F8550

tetradic

#501F85 #851F21 #54851F #1F8583

square

#501F85 #851F21 #54851F #1F8583

split-complementary

#501F85 #85831F #21851F

monochromatic

#140822 #321353 #501F85 #6E2BB7 #8C4AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#501F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#501F85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F85

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F85	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.159 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660a9',
    500: '#501f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f85;
$custom-light: #8660a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.824,
    "s": 62.195,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37189,
    "c": 0.15898,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F85

secondary

#82B749

accent

#E54397

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F85

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

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