#501F9F#501F9F

#501F9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.188 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F9F
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 159)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 80.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.26, 49.99, -60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.26, 78.18, 309.75°)
OKLab	oklab(39.58% 0.0734 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(39.58% 0.188 293)
XYZ	xyz(10.0545, 5.1883, 33.2658)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501F9F #6E9F1F

analogous

#1F2E9F #501F9F #901F9F

triadic

#501F9F #9F501F #1F9F50

tetradic

#501F9F #9F1F2E #6E9F1F #1F9F90

square

#501F9F #9F1F2E #6E9F1F #1F9F90

split-complementary

#501F9F #9F901F #2E9F1F

monochromatic

#1C0B39 #36156C #501F9F #6A29D2 #8D5ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#501F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#501F9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F9F

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F9F	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.188 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61bc',
    500: '#501f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f9f;
$custom-light: #8a61bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.969,
    "s": 67.368,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39581,
    "c": 0.18753,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.05189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F9F

secondary

#9AC357

accent

#EA3EA8

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F9F

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

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