#50196F#50196F

#50196F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.142 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50196F
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 111)
HSL	hsl(278, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 77.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.12, 40.42, -38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.12, 55.77, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.67% 0.0917 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(34.67% 0.142 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5246, 3.5486, 15.3771)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50196F #386F19

analogous

#25196F #50196F #6F1963

triadic

#50196F #6F5019 #196F50

tetradic

#50196F #6F2519 #386F19 #19636F

square

#50196F #6F2519 #386F19 #19636F

split-complementary

#50196F #636F19 #196F25

monochromatic

#120619 #2C0E3D #50196F #7424A1 #9732D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#50196F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#50196F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50196F

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50196F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50196F	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#05366D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50196f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.142 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c99',
    500: '#50196f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50196f;
$custom-light: #855c99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50196f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.372,
    "s": 63.235,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34667,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50196F

secondary

#64A43F

accent

#E6427D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50196F

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

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