#50156B#50156B

#50156B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.143 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50156B
RGB	rgb(80, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(281, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.22, 41.16, -37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.22, 55.54, 317.83°)
OKLab	oklab(33.93% 0.0964 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(33.93% 0.143 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2298, 3.3035, 14.2165)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50156B #306B15

analogous

#25156B #50156B #6B155B

triadic

#50156B #6B5015 #156B50

tetradic

#50156B #6B2515 #306B15 #155B6B

square

#50156B #6B2515 #306B15 #155B6B

split-complementary

#50156B #5B6B15 #156B25

monochromatic

#13051A #2A0B38 #50156B #761F9E #9D29D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#50156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#50156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50156B

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50156B	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.143 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855a96',
    500: '#50156b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50156b;
$custom-light: #855a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.163,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33933,
    "c": 0.14294,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50156B

secondary

#5BA23A

accent

#EA3E74

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50156B

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

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