#501B50#501B50

#501B50 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.108 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B50
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 80)
HSL	hsl(300, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(300, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.32, 32.64, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.32, 38.72, 327.45°)
OKLab	oklab(32.69% 0.0909 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(32.69% 0.108 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1481, 3.0689, 7.9091)
Luminance	0.0307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B50 #1B501B

analogous

#351B50 #501B50 #501B35

triadic

#501B50 #50501B #1B5050

tetradic

#501B50 #50351B #1B501B #1B3550

square

#501B50 #50351B #1B501B #1B3550

split-complementary

#501B50 #35501B #1B5035

monochromatic

#170817 #220C22 #501B50 #7E2A7E #AC3AAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.01

#501B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#501B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B50

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B50	1.00	13.01	1.61	13.01
#FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#152D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27334F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532232

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.108 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c81',
    500: '#501b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b50;
$custom-light: #835c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32692,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B50

secondary

#418641

accent

#D94F4F

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B50

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

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