#50197A#50197A

#50197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.154 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50197A
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 43.06, -44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 61.58, 314.36°)
OKLab	oklab(35.58% 0.0893 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(35.58% 0.154 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1680, 3.8059, 18.7656)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50197A #437A19

analogous

#20197A #50197A #7A1974

triadic

#50197A #7A5019 #197A50

tetradic

#50197A #7A2019 #437A19 #19747A

square

#50197A #7A2019 #437A19 #19747A

split-complementary

#50197A #747A19 #197A20

monochromatic

#110519 #2F0F47 #50197A #7123AD #9137D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#50197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#50197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50197A

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50197A	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.154 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca1',
    500: '#50197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50197a;
$custom-light: #865ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.021,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35583,
    "c": 0.15387,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50197A

secondary

#70AF40

accent

#E93F89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50197A

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

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