#50157F#50157F

#50157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.163 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50157F
RGB	rgb(80, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.91, 45.85, -47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.91, 65.93, 314.06°)
OKLab	oklab(35.64% 0.0913 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(35.64% 0.163 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.4063, 3.7741, 20.4129)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.64

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50157F #447F15

analogous

#1B157F #50157F #7F1579

triadic

#50157F #7F5015 #157F50

tetradic

#50157F #7F1B15 #447F15 #15797F

square

#50157F #7F1B15 #447F15 #15797F

split-complementary

#50157F #797F15 #157F1B

monochromatic

#11041A #2F0C4A #50157F #711EB4 #9131DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.97

#50157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#50157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50157F

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50157F	1.00	11.97	1.75	11.97
#FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.163 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ba5',
    500: '#50157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50157f;
$custom-light: #865ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.396,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35642,
    "c": 0.16311,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.03774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50157F

secondary

#71B43C

accent

#EE398A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50157F

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

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