#501F8C#501F8C

#501F8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.167 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F8C
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 140)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 77.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.50, 44.99, -51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.50, 68.24, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.81% 0.0791 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(37.81% 0.167 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5307, 4.5788, 25.2402)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F8C #5B8C1F

analogous

#1F258C #501F8C #861F8C

triadic

#501F8C #8C501F #1F8C50

tetradic

#501F8C #8C1F25 #5B8C1F #1F8C86

square

#501F8C #8C1F25 #5B8C1F #1F8C86

split-complementary

#501F8C #8C861F #258C1F

monochromatic

#170928 #33145A #501F8C #6D2ABE #8C4ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#501F8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#501F8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F8C

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F8C	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.167 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760af',
    500: '#501f8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f8c;
$custom-light: #8760af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.972,
    "s": 63.743,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37809,
    "c": 0.16672,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F8C

secondary

#89BB4C

accent

#E7419C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F8C

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

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