#50197F#50197F

#50197F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.159 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50197F
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 80.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.45, 44.29, -46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.45, 64.22, 313.60°)
OKLab	oklab(36.02% 0.088 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(36.02% 0.159 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4858, 3.9330, 20.4393)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50197F #487F19

analogous

#1D197F #50197F #7F197B

triadic

#50197F #7F5019 #197F50

tetradic

#50197F #7F1D19 #487F19 #197B7F

square

#50197F #7F1D19 #487F19 #197B7F

split-complementary

#50197F #7B7F19 #197F1D

monochromatic

#10051A #300F4C #50197F #7023B2 #8F3AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#50197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#50197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50197F

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50197F	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.159 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865da5',
    500: '#50197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50197f;
$custom-light: #865da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.353,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36018,
    "c": 0.15914,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50197F

secondary

#75B341

accent

#EA3E8D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50197F

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

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