#501E61#501E61

#501E61 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.120 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E61
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 97)
HSL	hsl(285, 53%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 69.1%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.93, 34.80, -29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.93, 45.68, 319.62°)
OKLab	oklab(34.21% 0.0873 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(34.21% 0.12 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9299, 3.4973, 11.6696)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E61 #2F611E

analogous

#2E1E61 #501E61 #611E51

triadic

#501E61 #61501E #1E6150

tetradic

#501E61 #612E1E #2F611E #1E5161

square

#501E61 #612E1E #2F611E #1E5161

split-complementary

#501E61 #51611E #1E612E

monochromatic

#130717 #291032 #501E61 #772C90 #9D3BBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#501E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#501E61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E61

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E61	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#053163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F365F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2A3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.120 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e8e',
    500: '#501e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e61;
$custom-light: #835e8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.776,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34209,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E61

secondary

#5A9645

accent

#DC4C70

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E61

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

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