#501D60#501D60

#501D60 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.121 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D60
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 96)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 70%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 69.8%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.69, 35.07, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.69, 45.72, 320.09°)
OKLab	oklab(34.01% 0.0886 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(34.01% 0.121 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8586, 3.4290, 11.4173)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D60 #2D601D

analogous

#2F1D60 #501D60 #601D4F

triadic

#501D60 #60501D #1D6050

tetradic

#501D60 #602F1D #2D601D #1D4F60

square

#501D60 #602F1D #2D601D #1D4F60

split-complementary

#501D60 #4F601D #1D602F

monochromatic

#140718 #290F31 #501D60 #772B8F #9E39BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#501D60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#501D60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D60

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D60	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#043162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F365E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F293B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.121 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d8d',
    500: '#501d60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d60;
$custom-light: #845d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.672,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34008,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D60

secondary

#579544

accent

#DD4B6E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D60

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

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