#501B60#501B60

#501B60 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.124 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B60
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 96)
HSL	hsl(286, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(286, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 71.9%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.34, 36.05, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.34, 46.83, 320.33°)
OKLab	oklab(33.76% 0.0912 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(33.76% 0.124 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8112, 3.3341, 11.4015)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B60 #2B601B

analogous

#2E1B60 #501B60 #601B4E

triadic

#501B60 #60501B #1B6050

tetradic

#501B60 #602E1B #2B601B #1B4E60

square

#501B60 #602E1B #2B601B #1B4E60

split-complementary

#501B60 #4E601B #1B602E

monochromatic

#140718 #280E30 #501B60 #782890 #A036C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.60

#501B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#501B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B60

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B60	1.00	12.60	1.67	12.60
#FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D355E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F283B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.124 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c8d',
    500: '#501b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b60;
$custom-light: #845c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.087,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33756,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B60

secondary

#559641

accent

#DF486B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B60

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →