#501D68#501D68

#501D68 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.130 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501D68
RGB	rgb(80, 29, 104)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 72.1%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.25, 36.92, -33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.25, 49.98, 317.63°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% 0.0881 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.13 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2459, 3.5839, 13.4568)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501D68 #35681D

analogous

#2A1D68 #501D68 #681D5A

triadic

#501D68 #68501D #1D6850

tetradic

#501D68 #682A1D #35681D #1D5A68

square

#501D68 #682A1D #35681D #1D5A68

split-complementary

#501D68 #5A681D #1D682A

monochromatic

#120718 #2B1038 #501D68 #752A98 #9A38C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#501D68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#501D68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501D68

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501D68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501D68	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501d68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 29, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.130 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e94',
    500: '#501d68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501d68;
$custom-light: #845e94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501d68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34589,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501D68

secondary

#609D44

accent

#E04879

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501D68

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

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