#50196C#50196C

#50196C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.139 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50196C
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 108)
HSL	hsl(280, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 76.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.89, 39.72, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.89, 54.19, 317.13°)
OKLab	oklab(34.43% 0.0922 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(34.43% 0.139 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3622, 3.4836, 14.5217)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50196C #356C19

analogous

#26196C #50196C #6C195E

triadic

#50196C #6C5019 #196C50

tetradic

#50196C #6C2619 #356C19 #195E6C

square

#50196C #6C2619 #356C19 #195E6C

split-complementary

#50196C #5E6C19 #196C26

monochromatic

#120619 #2B0D3A #50196C #75259E #9A30CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#50196C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#50196C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50196C

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50196C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50196C	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C356A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50196c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.139 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c97',
    500: '#50196c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50196c;
$custom-light: #855c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50196c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.759,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34427,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50196C

secondary

#60A13F

accent

#E54279

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50196C

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

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