#501F89#501F89

#501F89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.163 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F89
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 137)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 77.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.23, 44.21, -49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.23, 66.64, 311.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.54% 0.0799 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(37.54% 0.163 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3125, 4.4915, 24.0911)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F89 #58891F

analogous

#1F2389 #501F89 #851F89

triadic

#501F89 #89501F #1F8950

tetradic

#501F89 #891F23 #58891F #1F8985

square

#501F89 #891F23 #58891F #1F8985

split-complementary

#501F89 #89851F #23891F

monochromatic

#160825 #331457 #501F89 #6D2ABB #8C4CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#501F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#501F89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F89

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F89	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.163 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760ac',
    500: '#501f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f89;
$custom-light: #8760ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.736,
    "s": 63.095,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37541,
    "c": 0.16341,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F89

secondary

#86B94B

accent

#E6429A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F89

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

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