#501F8A#501F8A

#501F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.165 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F8A
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 138)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 77.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.32, 44.47, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.32, 67.18, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% 0.0796 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.165 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3845, 4.5203, 24.4706)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F8A #598A1F

analogous

#1F238A #501F8A #851F8A

triadic

#501F8A #8A501F #1F8A50

tetradic

#501F8A #8A1F23 #598A1F #1F8A85

square

#501F8A #8A1F23 #598A1F #1F8A85

split-complementary

#501F8A #8A851F #238A1F

monochromatic

#160926 #331458 #501F8A #6D2ABC #8C4CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#501F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#501F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F8A

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F8A	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.165 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760ad',
    500: '#501f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f8a;
$custom-light: #8760ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.477,
    "s": 63.314,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3763,
    "c": 0.16452,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F8A

secondary

#87BA4B

accent

#E6419B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F8A

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

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