#501D55#501D55

#501D55 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.109 H 324.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D55
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 85)
HSL	hsl(295, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(295, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 65.9%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.98, 32.66, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.98, 40.03, 324.67°)
OKLab	oklab(33.27% 0.0885 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(33.27% 0.109 324)
XYZ	xyz(5.3872, 3.2404, 8.9343)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D55 #22551D

analogous

#341D55 #501D55 #551D3E

triadic

#501D55 #55501D #1D5550

tetradic

#501D55 #55341D #22551D #1D3E55

square

#501D55 #55341D #22551D #1D3E55

split-complementary

#501D55 #3E551D #1D5534

monochromatic

#150817 #250D27 #501D55 #7B2D83 #A63CB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.74

#501D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#501D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D55

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D55	1.00	12.74	1.65	12.74
#FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#132E57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.109 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d85',
    500: '#501d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d55;
$custom-light: #835d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.643,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33271,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.0324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D55

secondary

#4A8A44

accent

#D94F5B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D55

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

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