#50157E#50157E

#50157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.162 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50157E
RGB	rgb(80, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.82, 45.61, -46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.82, 65.41, 314.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.55% 0.0916 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(35.55% 0.162 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3415, 3.7482, 20.0713)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.71

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50157E #437E15

analogous

#1B157E #50157E #7E1578

triadic

#50157E #7E5015 #157E50

tetradic

#50157E #7E1B15 #437E15 #15787E

square

#50157E #7E1B15 #437E15 #15787E

split-complementary

#50157E #787E15 #157E1B

monochromatic

#11041A #2F0C4A #50157E #711EB2 #9131DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#50157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#50157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50157E

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50157E	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.162 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ba4',
    500: '#50157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50157e;
$custom-light: #865ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35553,
    "c": 0.16209,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50157E

secondary

#70B33C

accent

#EE3A89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50157E

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

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