#501D5E#501D5E

#501D5E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.119 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D5E
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 94)
HSL	hsl(287, 53%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(287, 69%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 69.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.55, 34.62, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.55, 44.67, 320.81°)
OKLab	oklab(33.87% 0.0887 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(33.87% 0.119 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.7677, 3.3926, 10.9385)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D5E #2B5E1D

analogous

#301D5E #501D5E #5E1D4C

triadic

#501D5E #5E501D #1D5E50

tetradic

#501D5E #5E301D #2B5E1D #1D4C5E

square

#501D5E #5E301D #2B5E1D #1D4C5E

split-complementary

#501D5E #4C5E1D #1D5E30

monochromatic

#140717 #280F2F #501D5E #782B8D #A03ABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.51

#501D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#501D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D5E

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D5E	1.00	12.51	1.68	12.51
#FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#073060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20355C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50283A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.119 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d8c',
    500: '#501d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d5e;
$custom-light: #835d8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.077,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33869,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D5E

secondary

#559344

accent

#DC4C6B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D5E

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

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