#501661#501661

#501661 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.132 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501661
RGB	rgb(80, 22, 97)
HSL	hsl(286, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(286, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 77.3%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.61, 38.52, -31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.61, 49.91, 320.53°)
OKLab	oklab(33.26% 0.097 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(33.26% 0.132 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.7525, 3.1426, 11.6105)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501661 #276116

analogous

#2A1661 #501661 #61164C

triadic

#501661 #615016 #166150

tetradic

#501661 #612A16 #276116 #164C61

square

#501661 #612A16 #276116 #164C61

split-complementary

#501661 #4C6116 #16612A

monochromatic

#150619 #270B2F #501661 #792193 #A22DC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#501661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#501661 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501661

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501661	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18335F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F253A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 22, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.132 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a8e',
    500: '#501661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501661;
$custom-light: #845a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.4,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33257,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501661

secondary

#50983B

accent

#E64267

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #501661

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

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