#501259#501259

#501259 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.129 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501259
RGB	rgb(80, 18, 89)
HSL	hsl(292, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(292, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 79.8%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.47, 38.45, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.47, 47.70, 323.72°)
OKLab	oklab(32.27% 0.102 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(32.27% 0.129 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3276, 2.8597, 9.7206)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501259 #1B5912

analogous

#2C1259 #501259 #59123E

triadic

#501259 #595012 #125950

tetradic

#501259 #592C12 #1B5912 #123E59

square

#501259 #592C12 #1B5912 #123E59

split-complementary

#501259 #3E5912 #12592C

monochromatic

#170519 #220826 #501259 #7E1C8C #AC27BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.36

#501259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#501259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501259

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501259	1.00	13.36	1.57	13.36
#FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 18, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.129 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845888',
    500: '#501259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501259;
$custom-light: #845888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.394,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32269,
    "c": 0.12894,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501259

secondary

#419235

accent

#E93F54

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #501259

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

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