#500F5F#500F5F

#500F5F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.138 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500F5F
RGB	rgb(80, 15, 95)
HSL	hsl(289, 73%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(289, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 84.2%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.53, 40.77, -32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.53, 51.91, 321.75°)
OKLab	oklab(32.45% 0.1041 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(32.45% 0.138 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5444, 2.8736, 11.0869)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500F5F #1E5F0F

analogous

#280F5F #500F5F #5F0F46

triadic

#500F5F #5F500F #0F5F50

tetradic

#500F5F #5F280F #1E5F0F #0F465F

square

#500F5F #5F280F #1E5F0F #0F465F

split-complementary

#500F5F #465F0F #0F5F28

monochromatic

#16041A #23072A #500F5F #7D1794 #A920C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.34

#500F5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#500F5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500F5F

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500F5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500F5F	1.00	13.34	1.57	13.34
#FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15315D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500f5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 15, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.138 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84578d',
    500: '#500f5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500f5f;
$custom-light: #84578d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500f5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32448,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500F5F

secondary

#459832

accent

#EF385B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030C

muted

#7C787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #500F5F

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

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