#50156C#50156C

#50156C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.144 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50156C
RGB	rgb(80, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(281, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.30, 41.39, -37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.30, 56.06, 317.59°)
OKLab	oklab(34.01% 0.0962 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(34.01% 0.144 312)
XYZ	xyz(6.2827, 3.3247, 14.4952)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50156C #316C15

analogous

#25156C #50156C #6C155C

triadic

#50156C #6C5015 #156C50

tetradic

#50156C #6C2515 #316C15 #155C6C

square

#50156C #6C2515 #316C15 #155C6C

split-complementary

#50156C #5C6C15 #156C25

monochromatic

#13051A #2A0B39 #50156C #761F9F #9C29D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#50156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#50156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50156C

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50156C	1.00	12.61	1.67	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06346A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.144 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855a97',
    500: '#50156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50156c;
$custom-light: #855a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.69,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34014,
    "c": 0.14394,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.03325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50156C

secondary

#5CA33A

accent

#EA3D75

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50156C

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

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