#501B5A#501B5A

#501B5A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.118 H 320.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B5A
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 90)
HSL	hsl(290, 54%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 70%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.93, 34.73, -26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.93, 43.72, 322.59°)
OKLab	oklab(33.34% 0.0913 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(33.34% 0.118 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5454, 3.2278, 10.0018)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B5A #255A1B

analogous

#301B5A #501B5A #5A1B44

triadic

#501B5A #5A501B #1B5A50

tetradic

#501B5A #5A301B #255A1B #1B445A

square

#501B5A #5A301B #255A1B #1B445A

split-complementary

#501B5A #445A1B #1B5A30

monochromatic

#150718 #260D2B #501B5A #7A2989 #A437B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.76

#501B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#501B5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B5A

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B5A	1.00	12.76	1.65	12.76
#FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#092F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.118 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c89',
    500: '#501b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b5a;
$custom-light: #835c89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.476,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33338,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B5A

secondary

#4E9041

accent

#DD4B62

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B5A

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

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