#501F9A#501F9A

#501F9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.182 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F9A
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 154)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 79.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.79, 48.66, -57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.79, 75.59, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(39.1% 0.075 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(39.1% 0.182 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6294, 5.0183, 31.0268)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F9A #699A1F

analogous

#1F2C9A #501F9A #8E1F9A

triadic

#501F9A #9A501F #1F9A50

tetradic

#501F9A #9A1F2C #699A1F #1F9A8E

square

#501F9A #9A1F2C #699A1F #1F9A8E

split-complementary

#501F9A #9A8E1F #2C9A1F

monochromatic

#1B0A34 #361567 #501F9A #6A29CD #8C56DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#501F9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#501F9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F9A

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F9A	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.182 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961b9',
    500: '#501f9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f9a;
$custom-light: #8961b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.902,
    "s": 66.486,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39103,
    "c": 0.18208,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F9A

secondary

#95C154

accent

#E93EA5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F9A

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

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