#50118E#50118E

#50118E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.181 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50118E
RGB	rgb(80, 17, 142)
HSL	hsl(270, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 88%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.87, 50.79, -55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.87, 75.03, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(36.73% 0.0887 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(36.73% 0.181 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3899, 4.0592, 25.9274)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50118E #4F8E11

analogous

#12118E #50118E #8E118D

triadic

#50118E #8E5011 #118E50

tetradic

#50118E #8E1211 #4F8E11 #118D8E

square

#50118E #8E1211 #4F8E11 #118D8E

split-complementary

#50118E #8D8E11 #118E12

monochromatic

#120421 #310A57 #50118E #6F18C5 #8D33E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#50118E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#50118E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50118E

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50118E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50118E	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50118e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 17, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.181 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ab0',
    500: '#50118e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50118e;
$custom-light: #885ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50118e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.24,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36734,
    "c": 0.18135,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50118E

secondary

#7DC238

accent

#F53393

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #50118E

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

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