#501E60#501E60

#501E60 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.119 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E60
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 96)
HSL	hsl(285, 52%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 68.7%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.87, 34.57, -29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.87, 45.15, 319.96°)
OKLab	oklab(34.14% 0.0873 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(34.14% 0.119 317)
XYZ	xyz(5.8835, 3.4788, 11.4256)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E60 #2E601E

analogous

#2F1E60 #501E60 #601E4F

triadic

#501E60 #60501E #1E6050

tetradic

#501E60 #602F1E #2E601E #1E4F60

square

#501E60 #602F1E #2E601E #1E4F60

split-complementary

#501E60 #4F601E #1E602F

monochromatic

#130717 #290F31 #501E60 #772D8F #9E3BBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#501E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#501E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E60

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E60	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#063162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F365E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2A3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.119 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e8d',
    500: '#501e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e60;
$custom-light: #835e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.455,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34139,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.03479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E60

secondary

#589545

accent

#DC4C6F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E60

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

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