#50197E#50197E

#50197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.158 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50197E
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 44.04, -46.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 63.69, 313.75°)
OKLab	oklab(35.93% 0.0882 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(35.93% 0.158 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4209, 3.9071, 20.0978)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.28

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50197E #477E19

analogous

#1D197E #50197E #7E197A

triadic

#50197E #7E5019 #197E50

tetradic

#50197E #7E1D19 #477E19 #197A7E

square

#50197E #7E1D19 #477E19 #197A7E

split-complementary

#50197E #7A7E19 #197E1D

monochromatic

#10051A #300F4B #50197E #7023B1 #903AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#50197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#50197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50197E

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50197E	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.158 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865da4',
    500: '#50197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50197e;
$custom-light: #865da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.673,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3593,
    "c": 0.15808,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50197E

secondary

#74B241

accent

#EA3E8C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50197E

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

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