#500F7D#500F7D

#500F7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.166 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#500F7D
RGB	rgb(80, 15, 125)
HSL	hsl(275, 79%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(275, 88%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 88%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.04, 47.38, -47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.04, 67.11, 314.91°)
OKLab	oklab(34.99% 0.0963 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(34.99% 0.166 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1799, 3.5278, 19.7008)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.14

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#500F7D #3C7D0F

analogous

#190F7D #500F7D #7D0F73

triadic

#500F7D #7D500F #0F7D50

tetradic

#500F7D #7D190F #3C7D0F #0F737D

square

#500F7D #7D190F #3C7D0F #0F737D

split-complementary

#500F7D #737D0F #0F7D19

monochromatic

#11031B #2D0846 #500F7D #7316B4 #9522E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#500F7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#500F7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #500F7D

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##500F7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##500F7D	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #500f7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 15, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.166 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8759a4',
    500: '#500f7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #500f7d;
$custom-light: #8759a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#500f7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34987,
    "c": 0.16625,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#500F7D

secondary

#68B434

accent

#F53382

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #500F7D

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

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