#501B69#501B69

#501B69 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.133 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B69
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 105)
HSL	hsl(281, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 74.3%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.98, 38.11, -34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.98, 51.58, 317.63°)
OKLab	oklab(34.42% 0.0904 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(34.42% 0.133 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2495, 3.5094, 13.7100)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B69 #34691B

analogous

#291B69 #501B69 #691B5B

triadic

#501B69 #69501B #1B6950

tetradic

#501B69 #69291B #34691B #1B5B69

square

#501B69 #69291B #34691B #1B5B69

split-complementary

#501B69 #5B691B #1B6929

monochromatic

#130618 #2B0E38 #501B69 #75289A #9A34CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#501B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#501B69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B69

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B69	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.133 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d94',
    500: '#501b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b69;
$custom-light: #845d94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.769,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34421,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B69

secondary

#5F9E42

accent

#E24678

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B69

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

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