#501F94#501F94

#501F94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.176 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F94
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 148)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 79.1%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.23, 47.08, -55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.23, 72.46, 310.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0768 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.176 296)
XYZ	xyz(9.1421, 4.8233, 28.4606)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.41

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F94 #63941F

analogous

#1F2994 #501F94 #8A1F94

triadic

#501F94 #94501F #1F9450

tetradic

#501F94 #941F29 #63941F #1F948A

square

#501F94 #941F29 #63941F #1F948A

split-complementary

#501F94 #948A1F #29941F

monochromatic

#190A2F #351461 #501F94 #6B2AC7 #8C53DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#501F94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#501F94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F94

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F94	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.176 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8861b4',
    500: '#501f94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f94;
$custom-light: #8861b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.128,
    "s": 65.363,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38541,
    "c": 0.17552,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.04824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F94

secondary

#90BE51

accent

#E83FA2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F94

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

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