#501B4B#501B4B

#501B4B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.103 H 331.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B4B
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 75)
HSL	hsl(306, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(306, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 6.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.03, 31.65, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.03, 36.36, 330.53°)
OKLab	oklab(32.39% 0.0903 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(32.39% 0.103 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9702, 2.9977, 6.9721)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B4B #1B5020

analogous

#3A1B50 #501B4B #501B30

triadic

#501B4B #4B501B #1B4B50

tetradic

#501B4B #503A1B #1B5020 #1B3050

square

#501B4B #503A1B #1B5020 #1B3050

split-complementary

#501B4B #30501B #1B503A

monochromatic

#170815 #220C20 #501B4B #7E2A76 #AC3AA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.13

#501B4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#501B4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B4B

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B4B	1.00	13.13	1.60	13.13
#FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A334A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.103 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b7d',
    500: '#501b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b4b;
$custom-light: #835b7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.66,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32394,
    "c": 0.10274,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B4B

secondary

#418647

accent

#D95C4F

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B4B

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

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