#50159E#50159E

#50159E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.195 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50159E
RGB	rgb(80, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(266, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.89, 53.46, -61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.89, 81.68, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(38.61% 0.0802 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(38.61% 0.195 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.7463, 4.7101, 32.7367)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50159E #639E15

analogous

#151F9E #50159E #94159E

triadic

#50159E #9E5015 #159E50

tetradic

#50159E #9E151F #639E15 #159E94

square

#50159E #9E151F #639E15 #159E94

split-complementary

#50159E #9E9415 #1F9E15

monochromatic

#190732 #350E68 #50159E #6B1CD4 #8C47E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#50159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#50159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50159E

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50159E	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.195 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5dbc',
    500: '#50159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50159e;
$custom-light: #8a5dbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.839,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38605,
    "c": 0.19457,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50159E

secondary

#90C747

accent

#F335A1

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #50159E

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

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