#50196E#50196E

#50196E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.141 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50196E
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.04, 40.18, -37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.04, 55.24, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% 0.0918 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.141 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4698, 3.5267, 15.0887)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50196E #376E19

analogous

#26196E #50196E #6E1962

triadic

#50196E #6E5019 #196E50

tetradic

#50196E #6E2619 #376E19 #19626E

square

#50196E #6E2619 #376E19 #19626E

split-complementary

#50196E #626E19 #196E26

monochromatic

#120619 #2C0E3C #50196E #7424A0 #9831D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#50196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#50196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50196E

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50196E	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08366C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.141 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c98',
    500: '#50196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50196e;
$custom-light: #855c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34586,
    "c": 0.14128,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50196E

secondary

#63A33F

accent

#E6427C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50196E

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

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