#501F8F#501F8F

#501F8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.170 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F8F
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 78.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.77, 45.77, -52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.77, 69.83, 310.96°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% 0.0783 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.17 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7549, 4.6684, 26.4211)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F8F #5E8F1F

analogous

#1F268F #501F8F #881F8F

triadic

#501F8F #8F501F #1F8F50

tetradic

#501F8F #8F1F26 #5E8F1F #1F8F88

square

#501F8F #8F1F26 #5E8F1F #1F8F88

split-complementary

#501F8F #8F881F #268F1F

monochromatic

#18092A #34145D #501F8F #6C2AC1 #8C4FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#501F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#501F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F8F

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F8F	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.170 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860b1',
    500: '#501f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f8f;
$custom-light: #8860b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 64.368,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38081,
    "c": 0.17003,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F8F

secondary

#8CBC4E

accent

#E7409E

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F8F

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

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