#501B6A#501B6A

#501B6A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.134 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501B6A
RGB	rgb(80, 27, 106)
HSL	hsl(280, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 74.5%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.05, 38.34, -35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.05, 52.11, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(34.5% 0.0903 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(34.5% 0.134 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3012, 3.5301, 13.9823)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501B6A #356A1B

analogous

#281B6A #501B6A #6A1B5C

triadic

#501B6A #6A501B #1B6A50

tetradic

#501B6A #6A281B #356A1B #1B5C6A

square

#501B6A #6A281B #356A1B #1B5C6A

split-complementary

#501B6A #5C6A1B #1B6A28

monochromatic

#120618 #2B0F39 #501B6A #75279B #9A34CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#501B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#501B6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501B6A

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501B6A	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 27, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.134 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d95',
    500: '#501b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501b6a;
$custom-light: #845d95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.253,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34498,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501B6A

secondary

#609F42

accent

#E34579

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501B6A

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

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