#501F96#501F96

#501F96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.178 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F96
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 150)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 79.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.41, 47.61, -56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.41, 73.50, 310.37°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0762 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.178 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3018, 4.8872, 29.3015)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F96 #65961F

analogous

#1F2996 #501F96 #8B1F96

triadic

#501F96 #96501F #1F9650

tetradic

#501F96 #961F29 #65961F #1F968B

square

#501F96 #961F29 #65961F #1F968B

split-complementary

#501F96 #968B1F #29961F

monochromatic

#1A0A31 #351563 #501F96 #6B29C9 #8C54DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#501F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#501F96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F96

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F96	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.178 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961b6',
    500: '#501f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f96;
$custom-light: #8961b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 65.746,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38727,
    "c": 0.17771,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F96

secondary

#92BF52

accent

#E93FA3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F96

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

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