#50196D#50196D

#50196D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.140 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50196D
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.96, 39.95, -37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.96, 54.72, 316.90°)
OKLab	oklab(34.51% 0.092 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(34.51% 0.14 311)
XYZ	xyz(6.4157, 3.5050, 14.8036)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50196D #366D19

analogous

#26196D #50196D #6D1960

triadic

#50196D #6D5019 #196D50

tetradic

#50196D #6D2619 #366D19 #19606D

square

#50196D #6D2619 #366D19 #19606D

split-complementary

#50196D #606D19 #196D26

monochromatic

#120619 #2B0E3B #50196D #75249F #9931D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#50196D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#50196D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50196D

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50196D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50196D	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A366B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.140 311.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.286,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34506,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.03505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50196D

secondary

#62A23F

accent

#E6427B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50196D

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

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