#50156F#50156F

#50156F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.147 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50156F
RGB	rgb(80, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.54, 42.08, -39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.54, 57.62, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(34.26% 0.0956 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(34.26% 0.147 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4451, 3.3897, 15.3506)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50156F #346F15

analogous

#23156F #50156F #6F1561

triadic

#50156F #6F5015 #156F50

tetradic

#50156F #6F2315 #346F15 #15616F

square

#50156F #6F2315 #346F15 #15616F

split-complementary

#50156F #616F15 #156F23

monochromatic

#13051A #2B0B3C #50156F #751FA2 #9A28D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.51

#50156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#50156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50156F

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50156F	1.00	12.51	1.68	12.51
#FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00356D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.147 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855a99',
    500: '#50156f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50156f;
$custom-light: #855a99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.333,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34259,
    "c": 0.14695,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50156F

secondary

#5FA53A

accent

#EB3D79

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50156F

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

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