#501B4E#501B4E

#501B4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.106 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B4E
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 78)
HSL	hsl(302, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(302, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 2.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.20, 32.24, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.20, 37.76, 328.62°)
OKLab	oklab(32.57% 0.0907 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(32.57% 0.106 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0753, 3.0397, 7.5257)
Luminance	0.0304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B4E #1B501D

analogous

#371B50 #501B4E #501B33

triadic

#501B4E #4E501B #1B4E50

tetradic

#501B4E #50371B #1B501D #1B3350

square

#501B4E #50371B #1B501D #1B3350

split-complementary

#501B4E #33501B #1B5037

monochromatic

#170816 #220C21 #501B4E #7E2A7B #AC3AA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.06

#501B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#501B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B4E

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B4E	1.00	13.06	1.61	13.06
#FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#162C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28334D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532131

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.106 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b80',
    500: '#501b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b4e;
$custom-light: #835b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.264,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32571,
    "c": 0.1056,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B4E

secondary

#418644

accent

#D9544F

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B4E

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

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