#501B65#501B65

#501B65 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.129 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B65
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 101)
HSL	hsl(283, 58%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(283, 73%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 73.3%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.69, 37.18, -32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.69, 49.46, 318.74°)
OKLab	oklab(34.12% 0.0908 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(34.12% 0.129 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0488, 3.4291, 12.6527)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B65 #30651B

analogous

#2B1B65 #501B65 #651B55

triadic

#501B65 #65501B #1B6550

tetradic

#501B65 #652B1B #30651B #1B5565

square

#501B65 #652B1B #30651B #1B5565

split-complementary

#501B65 #55651B #1B652B

monochromatic

#130618 #2A0E35 #501B65 #762895 #9D35C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#501B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#501B65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B65

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B65	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.129 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c91',
    500: '#501b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b65;
$custom-light: #845c91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.973,
    "s": 57.813,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3412,
    "c": 0.12916,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B65

secondary

#5B9A41

accent

#E14773

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B65

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

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