#501561#501561

#501561 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.133 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501561
RGB	rgb(80, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(287, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(287, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.46, 38.94, -31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.46, 50.38, 320.62°)
OKLab	oklab(33.15% 0.098 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(33.15% 0.133 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7338, 3.1051, 11.6043)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.95

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501561 #266115

analogous

#2A1561 #501561 #61154C

triadic

#501561 #615015 #156150

tetradic

#501561 #612A15 #266115 #154C61

square

#501561 #612A15 #266115 #154C61

split-complementary

#501561 #4C6115 #15612A

monochromatic

#150519 #270A2F #501561 #792093 #A32BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.95

#501561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#501561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501561

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501561	1.00	12.95	1.62	12.95
#FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17335F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F253A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.133 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84598e',
    500: '#501561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501561;
$custom-light: #84598e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.579,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33153,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501561

secondary

#4F983A

accent

#E74066

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #501561

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

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