#50157C#50157C

#50157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.160 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50157C
RGB	rgb(80, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.64, 45.13, -45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.64, 64.38, 314.51°)
OKLab	oklab(35.37% 0.0922 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(35.37% 0.16 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2137, 3.6971, 19.3985)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.87

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50157C #417C15

analogous

#1D157C #50157C #7C1574

triadic

#50157C #7C5015 #157C50

tetradic

#50157C #7C1D15 #417C15 #15747C

square

#50157C #7C1D15 #417C15 #15747C

split-complementary

#50157C #747C15 #157C1D

monochromatic

#11041A #2E0C48 #50157C #721EB0 #9230DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#50157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#50157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50157C

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50157C	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.160 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ba3',
    500: '#50157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50157c;
$custom-light: #865ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.369,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35374,
    "c": 0.16007,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50157C

secondary

#6EB13C

accent

#EE3A87

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50157C

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

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