#501F8D#501F8D

#501F8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.168 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F8D
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 78%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.59, 45.25, -51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.59, 68.77, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.9% 0.0788 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(37.9% 0.168 298)
XYZ	xyz(8.6047, 4.6084, 25.6303)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F8D #5C8D1F

analogous

#1F258D #501F8D #871F8D

triadic

#501F8D #8D501F #1F8D50

tetradic

#501F8D #8D1F25 #5C8D1F #1F8D87

square

#501F8D #8D1F25 #5C8D1F #1F8D87

split-complementary

#501F8D #8D871F #258D1F

monochromatic

#170929 #34145B #501F8D #6C2ABF #8C4ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#501F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#501F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F8D

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F8D	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.168 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8760af',
    500: '#501f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f8d;
$custom-light: #8760af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.727,
    "s": 63.953,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.379,
    "c": 0.16783,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F8D

secondary

#8ABB4D

accent

#E7419D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F8D

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

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