#50156D#50156D

#50156D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.145 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50156D
RGB	rgb(80, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.38, 41.62, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.38, 56.58, 317.35°)
OKLab	oklab(34.1% 0.096 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(34.1% 0.145 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3362, 3.3461, 14.7771)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50156D #326D15

analogous

#24156D #50156D #6D155E

triadic

#50156D #6D5015 #156D50

tetradic

#50156D #6D2415 #326D15 #155E6D

square

#50156D #6D2415 #326D15 #155E6D

split-complementary

#50156D #5E6D15 #156D24

monochromatic

#13051A #2A0B3A #50156D #761FA0 #9B29D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.58

#50156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#50156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50156D

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50156D	1.00	12.58	1.67	12.58
#FFFFFF	12.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03346B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.145 311.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.227,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34095,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50156D

secondary

#5DA33A

accent

#EB3D76

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50156D

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

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