#501B4C#501B4C

#501B4C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.104 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B4C
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 76)
HSL	hsl(305, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(305, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.09, 31.85, -18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.09, 36.82, 329.88°)
OKLab	oklab(32.45% 0.0905 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(32.45% 0.104 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.0047, 3.0115, 7.1538)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B4C #1B501F

analogous

#391B50 #501B4C #501B31

triadic

#501B4C #4C501B #1B4C50

tetradic

#501B4C #50391B #1B501F #1B3150

square

#501B4C #50391B #1B501F #1B3150

split-complementary

#501B4C #31501B #1B5039

monochromatic

#170816 #220C21 #501B4C #7E2A77 #AC3AA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.11

#501B4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#501B4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B4C

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B4C	1.00	13.11	1.60	13.11
#FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182C4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29334B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.104 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b7e',
    500: '#501b4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b4c;
$custom-light: #835b7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.528,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32452,
    "c": 0.10369,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B4C

secondary

#418646

accent

#D9594F

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B4C

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

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