#50197C#50197C

#50197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.156 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50197C
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.19, 43.55, -45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.19, 62.64, 314.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.76% 0.0888 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(35.76% 0.156 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2932, 3.8560, 19.4249)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.43

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50197C #457C19

analogous

#1E197C #50197C #7C1977

triadic

#50197C #7C5019 #197C50

tetradic

#50197C #7C1E19 #457C19 #19777C

square

#50197C #7C1E19 #457C19 #19777C

split-complementary

#50197C #777C19 #197C1E

monochromatic

#100519 #2F0F49 #50197C #7123AF #9138D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#50197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#50197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50197C

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50197C	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.156 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865da3',
    500: '#50197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50197c;
$custom-light: #865da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35756,
    "c": 0.15598,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50197C

secondary

#72B040

accent

#E93E8A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50197C

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

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