#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
RGBrgb(80, 21, 158)
HSLhsl(266, 77%, 35%)
HSVhsv(266, 87%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(49.4%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(25.89, 53.46, -61.76)
CIE-LCHlch(25.89, 81.68, 310.88°)
OKLaboklab(38.61% 0.0802 -0.1773)
OKLCHoklch(38.61% 0.195 294.3)
XYZxyz(9.7463, 4.7101, 32.7367)
Luminance0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##50159E1.0010.811.9410.81
#FFFFFF10.811.0021.001.00
#0000001.9421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.811.0021.001.00

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

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#50159E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva