#501255#501255

#501255 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.125 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501255
RGB	rgb(80, 18, 85)
HSL	hsl(296, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(296, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 78.8%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.20, 37.65, -25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.20, 45.74, 325.40°)
OKLab	oklab(31.99% 0.1022 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(31.99% 0.125 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1641, 2.7943, 8.8599)
Luminance	0.0279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501255 #175512

analogous

#2E1255 #501255 #551239

triadic

#501255 #555012 #125550

tetradic

#501255 #552E12 #175512 #123955

square

#501255 #552E12 #175512 #123955

split-complementary

#501255 #395512 #12552E

monochromatic

#180519 #200722 #501255 #801D88 #AF27BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.47

#501255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#501255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501255

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501255	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)

#002A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#521E32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 18, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.125 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845785',
    500: '#501255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501255;
$custom-light: #845785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.522,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31988,
    "c": 0.12523,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501255

secondary

#3C8E35

accent

#E8404C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #501255

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

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