#501D5C#501D5C

#501D5C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.117 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D5C
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 92)
HSL	hsl(289, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(289, 68%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 68.5%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.42, 34.17, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.42, 43.62, 321.57°)
OKLab	oklab(33.73% 0.0887 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(33.73% 0.117 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.6792, 3.3572, 10.4720)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D5C #295C1D

analogous

#301D5C #501D5C #5C1D48

triadic

#501D5C #5C501D #1D5C50

tetradic

#501D5C #5C301D #295C1D #1D485C

square

#501D5C #5C301D #295C1D #1D485C

split-complementary

#501D5C #485C1D #1D5C30

monochromatic

#140717 #280E2D #501D5C #782C8B #A13AB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#501D5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#501D5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D5C

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D5C	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B305E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22355A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.117 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d8a',
    500: '#501d5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d5c;
$custom-light: #835d8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33732,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D5C

secondary

#529144

accent

#DC4C68

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D5C

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

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