#501962#501962

#501962 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.129 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501962
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 98)
HSL	hsl(285, 59%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(285, 74%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 74.5%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.14, 37.43, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.14, 48.94, 319.90°)
OKLab	oklab(33.66% 0.0935 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(33.66% 0.129 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8602, 3.2828, 11.8779)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.44

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501962 #2B6219

analogous

#2B1962 #501962 #621950

triadic

#501962 #625019 #196250

tetradic

#501962 #622B19 #2B6219 #195062

square

#501962 #622B19 #2B6219 #195062

split-complementary

#501962 #506219 #19622B

monochromatic

#140618 #280D31 #501962 #782593 #A032C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#501962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#501962 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501962

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501962	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F283B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.129 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b8f',
    500: '#501962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501962;
$custom-light: #845b8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.205,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33663,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501962

secondary

#55983F

accent

#E3456C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #501962

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

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