#501261#501261

#501261 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.137 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501261
RGB	rgb(80, 18, 97)
HSL	hsl(287, 69%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(287, 81%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 81.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.05, 40.12, -32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.05, 51.71, 320.88°)
OKLab	oklab(32.86% 0.1011 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(32.86% 0.137 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6819, 3.0014, 11.5870)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.81

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501261 #236112

analogous

#291261 #501261 #61124A

triadic

#501261 #615012 #126150

tetradic

#501261 #612912 #236112 #124A61

square

#501261 #612912 #236112 #124A61

split-complementary

#501261 #4A6112 #126129

monochromatic

#15051A #25082D #501261 #7B1C95 #A525C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.12

#501261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#501261 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501261

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501261	1.00	13.12	1.60	13.12
#FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15325F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 18, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.137 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84588e',
    500: '#501261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501261;
$custom-light: #84588e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.089,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32862,
    "c": 0.13652,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501261

secondary

#4B9936

accent

#EC3C62

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #501261

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

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