#501157#501157

#501157 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.128 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501157
RGB	rgb(80, 17, 87)
HSL	hsl(294, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(294, 80%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 80.5%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.20, 38.43, -27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.20, 47.15, 324.59°)
OKLab	oklab(32.03% 0.1032 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(32.03% 0.128 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2289, 2.7948, 9.2790)
Luminance	0.0279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501157 #185711

analogous

#2D1157 #501157 #57113B

triadic

#501157 #575011 #115750

tetradic

#501157 #572D11 #185711 #113B57

square

#501157 #572D11 #185711 #113B57

split-complementary

#501157 #3B5711 #11572D

monochromatic

#18051A #210724 #501157 #7F1B8A #AE25BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.47

#501157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#501157 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501157

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501157	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)

#002A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511E33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 17, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.128 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845787',
    500: '#501157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501157;
$custom-light: #845787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32033,
    "c": 0.12828,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501157

secondary

#3D9034

accent

#EA3E4F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #501157

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

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