#501F8B#501F8B

#501F8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.166 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F8B
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 77.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.41, 44.73, -50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.41, 67.71, 311.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.72% 0.0794 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(37.72% 0.166 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4573, 4.5494, 24.8536)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F8B #5A8B1F

analogous

#1F248B #501F8B #861F8B

triadic

#501F8B #8B501F #1F8B50

tetradic

#501F8B #8B1F24 #5A8B1F #1F8B86

square

#501F8B #8B1F24 #5A8B1F #1F8B86

split-complementary

#501F8B #8B861F #248B1F

monochromatic

#160927 #331459 #501F8B #6D2ABD #8C4DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#501F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#501F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F8B

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F8B	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.166 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760ae',
    500: '#501f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f8b;
$custom-light: #8760ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.222,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3772,
    "c": 0.16562,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F8B

secondary

#88BA4C

accent

#E7419C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F8B

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

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