#501059#501059

#501059 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.131 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501059
RGB	rgb(80, 16, 89)
HSL	hsl(293, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(293, 82%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 82%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.21, 39.19, -28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.21, 48.54, 323.84°)
OKLab	oklab(32.09% 0.104 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(32.09% 0.131 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2965, 2.7976, 9.7103)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501059 #195910

analogous

#2B1059 #501059 #59103D

triadic

#501059 #595010 #105950

tetradic

#501059 #592B10 #195910 #103D59

square

#501059 #592B10 #195910 #103D59

split-complementary

#501059 #3D5910 #10592B

monochromatic

#17051A #210725 #501059 #7F198D #AD23C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.47

#501059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#501059 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501059

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501059	1.00	13.47	1.56	13.47
#FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511E34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 16, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.131 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845788',
    500: '#501059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501059;
$custom-light: #845788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.603,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32086,
    "c": 0.13127,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501059

secondary

#3E9233

accent

#EC3B51

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #501059

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

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