#50197D#50197D

#50197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.157 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50197D
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.28, 43.79, -45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.28, 63.16, 313.90°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% 0.0885 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.157 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3567, 3.8814, 19.7597)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50197D #467D19

analogous

#1E197D #50197D #7D1978

triadic

#50197D #7D5019 #197D50

tetradic

#50197D #7D1E19 #467D19 #19787D

square

#50197D #7D1E19 #467D19 #19787D

split-complementary

#50197D #787D19 #197D1E

monochromatic

#10051A #2F0F4A #50197D #7123B0 #9039D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#50197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#50197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50197D

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50197D	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.157 304.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35843,
    "c": 0.15703,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50197D

secondary

#73B140

accent

#EA3E8B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50197D

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

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