#500B56#500B56

#500B56 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.134 H 324.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500B56
RGB	rgb(80, 11, 86)
HSL	hsl(295, 77%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(295, 87%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 87.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.44, 40.23, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.44, 48.94, 325.29°)
OKLab	oklab(31.47% 0.1087 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(31.47% 0.134 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.1075, 2.6170, 9.0384)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500B56 #11560B

analogous

#2B0B56 #500B56 #560B37

triadic

#500B56 #56500B #0B5650

tetradic

#500B56 #562B0B #11560B #0B3756

square

#500B56 #562B0B #11560B #0B3756

split-complementary

#500B56 #37560B #0B562B

monochromatic

#19031B #1E0420 #500B56 #82128C #B519C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#500B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#500B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500B56

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500B56	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#521A31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 11, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.134 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845586',
    500: '#500b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500b56;
$custom-light: #845586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.2,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3147,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500B56

secondary

#33912B

accent

#F43443

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #500B56

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

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