#501161#501161

#501161 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.138 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501161
RGB	rgb(80, 17, 97)
HSL	hsl(287, 70%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(287, 82%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 82.5%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.92, 40.49, -32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.92, 52.12, 320.96°)
OKLab	oklab(32.77% 0.102 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(32.77% 0.138 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6661, 2.9697, 11.5817)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.77

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501161 #226111

analogous

#281161 #501161 #61114A

triadic

#501161 #615011 #116150

tetradic

#501161 #612811 #226111 #114A61

square

#501161 #612811 #226111 #114A61

split-complementary

#501161 #4A6111 #116128

monochromatic

#15051A #25082D #501161 #7B1A95 #A623C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.18

#501161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#501161 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501161

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501161	1.00	13.18	1.59	13.18
#FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14325F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 17, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.138 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84588e',
    500: '#501161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501161;
$custom-light: #84588e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.25,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32772,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501161

secondary

#4A9934

accent

#ED3B61

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #501161

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

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