#501F86#501F86

#501F86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.160 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F86
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 134)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 76.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.97, 43.43, -48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.97, 65.05, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(37.28% 0.0806 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(37.28% 0.16 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1003, 4.4066, 22.9734)
Luminance	0.0441 (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

#501F86 #55861F

analogous

#1F2186 #501F86 #841F86

triadic

#501F86 #86501F #1F8650

tetradic

#501F86 #861F21 #55861F #1F8684

square

#501F86 #861F21 #55861F #1F8684

split-complementary

#501F86 #86841F #21861F

monochromatic

#150823 #321454 #501F86 #6E2AB8 #8C4AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#501F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#501F86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F86

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F86	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.160 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760aa',
    500: '#501f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f86;
$custom-light: #8760aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.544,
    "s": 62.424,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37276,
    "c": 0.16009,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F86

secondary

#83B849

accent

#E54298

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F86

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

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