#501B5B#501B5B

#501B5B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.119 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B5B
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 91)
HSL	hsl(290, 54%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 70.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.00, 34.95, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.00, 44.24, 322.18°)
OKLab	oklab(33.41% 0.0913 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(33.41% 0.119 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5883, 3.2449, 10.2275)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B5B #265B1B

analogous

#301B5B #501B5B #5B1B46

triadic

#501B5B #5B501B #1B5B50

tetradic

#501B5B #5B301B #265B1B #1B465B

square

#501B5B #5B301B #265B1B #1B465B

split-complementary

#501B5B #465B1B #1B5B30

monochromatic

#150718 #270D2C #501B5B #79298A #A337B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.73

#501B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#501B5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B5B

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B5B	1.00	12.73	1.65	12.73
#FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#082F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.119 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c8a',
    500: '#501b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b5b;
$custom-light: #835c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.688,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33406,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B5B

secondary

#4F9141

accent

#DE4A64

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B5B

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

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