#501E69#501E69

#501E69 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.129 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501E69
RGB	rgb(80, 30, 105)
HSL	hsl(280, 56%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.49, 36.67, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.49, 49.96, 317.21°)
OKLab	oklab(34.79% 0.0868 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(34.79% 0.129 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3219, 3.6541, 13.7342)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#501E69 #37691E

analogous

#2B1E69 #501E69 #691E5D

triadic

#501E69 #69501E #1E6950

tetradic

#501E69 #692B1E #37691E #1E5D69

square

#501E69 #692B1E #37691E #1E5D69

split-complementary

#501E69 #5D691E #1E692B

monochromatic

#120718 #2C1039 #501E69 #742C99 #983BC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#501E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#501E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501E69

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501E69	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 30, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.129 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e94',
    500: '#501e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501e69;
$custom-light: #845e94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3479,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501E69

secondary

#639E45

accent

#DF497B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #501E69

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

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