#500F72#500F72

#500F72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.156 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500F72
RGB	rgb(80, 15, 114)
HSL	hsl(279, 77%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 87%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 86.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.06, 44.87, -42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.06, 61.52, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(34.01% 0.0998 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(34.01% 0.156 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5157, 3.2622, 16.2027)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500F72 #31720F

analogous

#1F0F72 #500F72 #720F62

triadic

#500F72 #72500F #0F7250

tetradic

#500F72 #721F0F #31720F #0F6272

square

#500F72 #721F0F #31720F #0F6272

split-complementary

#500F72 #62720F #0F721F

monochromatic

#13041B #2A083C #500F72 #7616A8 #9C1DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#500F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#500F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500F72

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500F72	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 15, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.156 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86589b',
    500: '#500f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500f72;
$custom-light: #86589b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.394,
    "s": 76.744,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34005,
    "c": 0.15572,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500F72

secondary

#5CAA33

accent

#F33576

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #500F72

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

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