#501D5B#501D5B

#501D5B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.116 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D5B
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 91)
HSL	hsl(289, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 68.1%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.36, 33.95, -26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.36, 43.10, 321.97°)
OKLab	oklab(33.66% 0.0887 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(33.66% 0.116 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6357, 3.3398, 10.2433)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D5B #285B1D

analogous

#311D5B #501D5B #5B1D47

triadic

#501D5B #5B501D #1D5B50

tetradic

#501D5B #5B311D #285B1D #1D475B

square

#501D5B #5B311D #285B1D #1D475B

split-complementary

#501D5B #475B1D #1D5B31

monochromatic

#140717 #270E2D #501D5B #792C89 #A23BB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#501D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#501D5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D5B

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D5B	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C305D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.116 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d8a',
    500: '#501d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d5b;
$custom-light: #835d8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.355,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33664,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D5B

secondary

#519044

accent

#DB4D66

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D5B

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

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