#50157D#50157D

#50157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.161 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50157D
RGB	rgb(80, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.73, 45.37, -46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.73, 64.89, 314.35°)
OKLab	oklab(35.46% 0.0919 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(35.46% 0.161 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2773, 3.7225, 19.7332)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.79

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50157D #427D15

analogous

#1C157D #50157D #7D1576

triadic

#50157D #7D5015 #157D50

tetradic

#50157D #7D1C15 #427D15 #15767D

square

#50157D #7D1C15 #427D15 #15767D

split-complementary

#50157D #767D15 #157D1C

monochromatic

#11041A #2E0C49 #50157D #721EB1 #9230DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#50157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#50157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50157D

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50157D	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.161 304.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.038,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35463,
    "c": 0.16109,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50157D

secondary

#6FB23C

accent

#EE3A88

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50157D

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

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