#501E4B#501E4B

#501E4B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.098 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E4B
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 75)
HSL	hsl(306, 45%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(306, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 6.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.61, 30.09, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.61, 34.56, 330.55°)
OKLab	oklab(32.81% 0.0858 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(32.81% 0.098 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0425, 3.1424, 6.9962)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E4B #1E5023

analogous

#3C1E50 #501E4B #501E32

triadic

#501E4B #4B501E #1E4B50

tetradic

#501E4B #503C1E #1E5023 #1E3250

square

#501E4B #503C1E #1E5023 #1E3250

split-complementary

#501E4B #32501E #1E503C

monochromatic

#160815 #230D21 #501E4B #7D2F75 #A93F9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#501E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#501E4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E4B

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E4B	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C2D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B344A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#532231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.098 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d7d',
    500: '#501e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e4b;
$custom-light: #835d7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32811,
    "c": 0.09759,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E4B

secondary

#45854B

accent

#D56053

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E4B

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

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