#501E57#501E57

#501E57 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.110 H 322.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E57
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 87)
HSL	hsl(293, 49%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(293, 66%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 65.5%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.29, 32.57, -23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.29, 40.45, 323.62°)
OKLab	oklab(33.54% 0.0872 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(33.54% 0.11 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4927, 3.3224, 9.3670)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E57 #25571E

analogous

#331E57 #501E57 #571E41

triadic

#501E57 #57501E #1E5750

tetradic

#501E57 #57331E #25571E #1E4157

square

#501E57 #57331E #25571E #1E4157

split-complementary

#501E57 #41571E #1E5733

monochromatic

#150817 #260E29 #501E57 #7A2E85 #A43DB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.62

#501E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#501E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E57

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E57	1.00	12.62	1.66	12.62
#FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#132F59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.110 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d86',
    500: '#501e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e57;
$custom-light: #835d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.632,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33536,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E57

secondary

#4E8C45

accent

#D85060

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E57

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

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