#50157A#50157A

#50157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.158 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50157A
RGB	rgb(80, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(275, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 44.65, -44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 63.34, 314.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% 0.0928 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.158 306)
XYZ	xyz(7.0885, 3.6470, 18.7391)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.08

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50157A #3F7A15

analogous

#1E157A #50157A #7A1571

triadic

#50157A #7A5015 #157A50

tetradic

#50157A #7A1E15 #3F7A15 #15717A

square

#50157A #7A1E15 #3F7A15 #15717A

split-complementary

#50157A #717A15 #157A1E

monochromatic

#11041A #2E0C46 #50157A #721EAE #932EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#50157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#50157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50157A

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50157A	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.158 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ba1',
    500: '#50157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50157a;
$custom-light: #865ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.05,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35198,
    "c": 0.15805,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.03647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50157A

secondary

#6CAF3B

accent

#ED3A85

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50157A

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

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