#501B52#501B52

#501B52 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.110 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B52
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 82)
HSL	hsl(298, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(298, 67%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 67.1%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.44, 33.04, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.44, 39.69, 326.35°)
OKLab	oklab(32.82% 0.0911 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(32.82% 0.11 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2231, 3.0989, 8.3040)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B52 #1D521B

analogous

#351B52 #501B52 #521B39

triadic

#501B52 #52501B #1B5250

tetradic

#501B52 #52351B #1D521B #1B3952

square

#501B52 #52351B #1D521B #1B3952

split-complementary

#501B52 #39521B #1B5235

monochromatic

#160817 #230C24 #501B52 #7D2A80 #AA39AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.96

#501B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#501B52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B52

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B52	1.00	12.96	1.62	12.96
#FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#132D54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522233

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.110 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c83',
    500: '#501b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b52;
$custom-light: #835c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.818,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32816,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B52

secondary

#448841

accent

#DA4E53

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B52

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

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