#50138E#50138E

#50138E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.180 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50138E
RGB	rgb(80, 19, 142)
HSL	hsl(270, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.08, 50.17, -54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.08, 74.35, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.0875 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.18 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4224, 4.1241, 25.9382)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50138E #518E13

analogous

#13148E #50138E #8E138E

triadic

#50138E #8E5013 #138E50

tetradic

#50138E #8E1314 #518E13 #138E8E

square

#50138E #8E1314 #518E13 #138E8E

split-complementary

#50138E #8E8E13 #148E13

monochromatic

#130522 #320C58 #50138E #6E1AC4 #8D37E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#50138E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#50138E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50138E

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50138E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50138E	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50138e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 19, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.180 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885bb0',
    500: '#50138e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50138e;
$custom-light: #885bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50138e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.756,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36879,
    "c": 0.17989,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50138E

secondary

#7FC23B

accent

#F33595

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #50138E

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

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