#501257#501257

#501257 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.127 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501257
RGB	rgb(80, 18, 87)
HSL	hsl(294, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(294, 79%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 79.3%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.34, 38.05, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.34, 46.72, 324.53°)
OKLab	oklab(32.13% 0.1021 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(32.13% 0.127 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2447, 2.8265, 9.2843)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501257 #195712

analogous

#2D1257 #501257 #57123B

triadic

#501257 #575012 #125750

tetradic

#501257 #572D12 #195712 #123B57

square

#501257 #572D12 #195712 #123B57

split-complementary

#501257 #3B5712 #12572D

monochromatic

#170519 #210824 #501257 #7F1C8A #AD27BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.42

#501257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#501257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501257

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501257	1.00	13.42	1.57	13.42
#FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 18, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.127 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845787',
    500: '#501257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501257;
$custom-light: #845787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.913,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32127,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501257

secondary

#3E9035

accent

#E93F50

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #501257

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

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