#501B57#501B57

#501B57 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.115 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B57
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 87)
HSL	hsl(293, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(293, 69%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 69%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.74, 34.08, -24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.74, 42.19, 323.89°)
OKLab	oklab(33.14% 0.0913 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(33.14% 0.115 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.4203, 3.1778, 9.3428)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B57 #22571B

analogous

#321B57 #501B57 #571B40

triadic

#501B57 #57501B #1B5750

tetradic

#501B57 #57321B #22571B #1B4057

square

#501B57 #57321B #22571B #1B4057

split-complementary

#501B57 #40571B #1B5732

monochromatic

#150717 #250D28 #501B57 #7B2986 #A638B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.84

#501B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#501B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B57

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B57	1.00	12.84	1.64	12.84
#FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E2E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.115 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c87',
    500: '#501b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b57;
$custom-light: #835c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33137,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B57

secondary

#4A8D41

accent

#DC4C5D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B57

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

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