#501F5D#501F5D

#501F5D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.115 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#501F5D
RGB	rgb(80, 31, 93)
HSL	hsl(287, 50%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(287, 67%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 66.7%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.86, 33.37, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.86, 42.98, 320.94°)
OKLab	oklab(34.07% 0.086 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(34.07% 0.115 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7738, 3.4760, 10.7206)
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

#501F5D #2C5D1F

analogous

#311F5D #501F5D #5D1F4B

triadic

#501F5D #5D501F #1F5D50

tetradic

#501F5D #5D311F #2C5D1F #1F4B5D

square

#501F5D #5D311F #2C5D1F #1F4B5D

split-complementary

#501F5D #4B5D1F #1F5D31

monochromatic

#140817 #29102F #501F5D #772E8B #9F3EB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#501F5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#501F5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #501F5D

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##501F5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##501F5D	1.00	12.39	1.70	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E315F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22365B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50293B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #501f5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 31, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.115 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e8b',
    500: '#501f5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #501f5d;
$custom-light: #835e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#501f5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.419,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34068,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#501F5D

secondary

#569246

accent

#DA4E6B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #501F5D

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

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