#501B68#501B68

#501B68 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.132 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B68
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 104)
HSL	hsl(281, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 74%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.90, 37.88, -34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.90, 51.05, 317.89°)
OKLab	oklab(34.35% 0.0905 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(34.35% 0.132 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1985, 3.4890, 13.4409)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B68 #33681B

analogous

#291B68 #501B68 #681B59

triadic

#501B68 #68501B #1B6850

tetradic

#501B68 #68291B #33681B #1B5968

square

#501B68 #68291B #33681B #1B5968

split-complementary

#501B68 #59681B #1B6829

monochromatic

#130618 #2B0E37 #501B68 #752899 #9B34C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#501B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#501B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B68

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B68	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.132 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d94',
    500: '#501b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b68;
$custom-light: #845d94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.299,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34345,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B68

secondary

#5E9D42

accent

#E24676

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B68

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

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