#501B62#501B62

#501B62 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.126 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B62
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 98)
HSL	hsl(285, 57%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 72.4%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.47, 36.50, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.47, 47.88, 319.66°)
OKLab	oklab(33.9% 0.0911 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(33.9% 0.126 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9045, 3.3714, 11.8926)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.65

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B62 #2D621B

analogous

#2D1B62 #501B62 #621B51

triadic

#501B62 #62501B #1B6250

tetradic

#501B62 #622D1B #2D621B #1B5162

square

#501B62 #622D1B #2D621B #1B5162

split-complementary

#501B62 #51621B #1B622D

monochromatic

#140718 #290E32 #501B62 #772892 #9E35C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#501B62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#501B62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B62

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B62	1.00	12.54	1.67	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003064

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F293C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.126 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c8f',
    500: '#501b62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b62;
$custom-light: #845c8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.789,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.339,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B62

secondary

#579841

accent

#E0486E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B62

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

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