#50156E#50156E

#50156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.146 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50156E
RGB	rgb(80, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.46, 41.85, -38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.46, 57.10, 317.13°)
OKLab	oklab(34.18% 0.0958 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(34.18% 0.146 311)
XYZ	xyz(6.3904, 3.3678, 15.0622)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50156E #336E15

analogous

#23156E #50156E #6E155F

triadic

#50156E #6E5015 #156E50

tetradic

#50156E #6E2315 #336E15 #155F6E

square

#50156E #6E2315 #336E15 #155F6E

split-complementary

#50156E #5F6E15 #156E23

monochromatic

#13051A #2B0B3B #50156E #751FA1 #9B29D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.55

#50156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#50156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50156E

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50156E	1.00	12.55	1.67	12.55
#FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01346C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.146 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855a98',
    500: '#50156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50156e;
$custom-light: #855a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.775,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34177,
    "c": 0.14594,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.03368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50156E

secondary

#5EA43A

accent

#EB3D78

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50156E

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

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