#50197B#50197B

#50197B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.155 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50197B
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.10, 43.30, -44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.10, 62.11, 314.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.67% 0.089 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(35.67% 0.155 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2302, 3.8308, 19.0936)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.52

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50197B #447B19

analogous

#1F197B #50197B #7B1975

triadic

#50197B #7B5019 #197B50

tetradic

#50197B #7B1F19 #447B19 #19757B

square

#50197B #7B1F19 #447B19 #19757B

split-complementary

#50197B #757B19 #197B1F

monochromatic

#110519 #2F0F48 #50197B #7123AE #9138D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#50197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#50197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50197B

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50197B	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.155 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca2',
    500: '#50197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50197b;
$custom-light: #865ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.673,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35669,
    "c": 0.15493,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50197B

secondary

#71AF40

accent

#E93F89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50197B

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

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