#501F8E#501F8E

#501F8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.169 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F8E
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 78.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.68, 45.51, -52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.68, 69.30, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% 0.0785 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.169 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6795, 4.6383, 26.0239)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F8E #5D8E1F

analogous

#1F268E #501F8E #881F8E

triadic

#501F8E #8E501F #1F8E50

tetradic

#501F8E #8E1F26 #5D8E1F #1F8E88

square

#501F8E #8E1F26 #5D8E1F #1F8E88

split-complementary

#501F8E #8E881F #268E1F

monochromatic

#17092A #34145C #501F8E #6C2AC0 #8C4FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#501F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#501F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F8E

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F8E	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.169 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860b0',
    500: '#501f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f8e;
$custom-light: #8860b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.486,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3799,
    "c": 0.16893,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F8E

secondary

#8BBB4D

accent

#E7419E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F8E

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

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