#501B5F#501B5F

#501B5F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.123 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B5F
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 95)
HSL	hsl(287, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(287, 72%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 71.6%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.27, 35.83, -29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.27, 46.31, 320.68°)
OKLab	oklab(33.68% 0.0912 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(33.68% 0.123 318)
XYZ	xyz(5.7655, 3.3158, 11.1606)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B5F #2A5F1B

analogous

#2E1B5F #501B5F #5F1B4C

triadic

#501B5F #5F501B #1B5F50

tetradic

#501B5F #5F2E1B #2A5F1B #1B4C5F

square

#501B5F #5F2E1B #2A5F1B #1B4C5F

split-complementary

#501B5F #4C5F1B #1B5F2E

monochromatic

#140718 #280D2F #501B5F #78298F #A036BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#501B5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#501B5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B5F

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B5F	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E355D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50283A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.123 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c8d',
    500: '#501b5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b5f;
$custom-light: #845c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.765,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33685,
    "c": 0.12283,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.03316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B5F

secondary

#549541

accent

#DF496A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B5F

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

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