#50157B#50157B

#50157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.159 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50157B
RGB	rgb(80, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(275, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.56, 44.89, -45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.56, 63.86, 314.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.29% 0.0925 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(35.29% 0.159 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1508, 3.6719, 19.0671)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.97

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50157B #407B15

analogous

#1D157B #50157B #7B1573

triadic

#50157B #7B5015 #157B50

tetradic

#50157B #7B1D15 #407B15 #15737B

square

#50157B #7B1D15 #407B15 #15737B

split-complementary

#50157B #737B15 #157B1D

monochromatic

#11041A #2E0C47 #50157B #721EAF #932FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#50157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#50157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50157B

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50157B	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.159 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ba2',
    500: '#50157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50157b;
$custom-light: #865ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.706,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35286,
    "c": 0.15905,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50157B

secondary

#6DB03B

accent

#EE3A86

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50157B

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

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