#501B49#501B49

#501B49 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.101 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B49
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 73)
HSL	hsl(308, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(308, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 8.8%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.93, 31.27, -16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.93, 35.45, 331.91°)
OKLab	oklab(32.28% 0.09 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(32.28% 0.101 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.9028, 2.9707, 6.6172)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B49 #1B5022

analogous

#3C1B50 #501B49 #501B2E

triadic

#501B49 #49501B #1B4950

tetradic

#501B49 #503C1B #1B5022 #1B2E50

square

#501B49 #503C1B #1B5022 #1B2E50

split-complementary

#501B49 #2E501B #1B503C

monochromatic

#170815 #220C1F #501B49 #7E2A73 #AC3A9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17

#501B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#501B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B49

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B49	1.00	13.17	1.59	13.17
#FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A2B4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#541F2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.101 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b7c',
    500: '#501b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b49;
$custom-light: #835b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.925,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32279,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B49

secondary

#41864A

accent

#D9614F

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B49

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

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