#50148D#50148D

#50148D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.178 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50148D
RGB	rgb(80, 20, 141)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 85.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.09, 49.59, -54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.09, 73.49, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% 0.0873 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.178 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3649, 4.1288, 25.5504)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50148D #518D14

analogous

#14158D #50148D #8D148D

triadic

#50148D #8D5014 #148D50

tetradic

#50148D #8D1415 #518D14 #148D8D

square

#50148D #8D1415 #518D14 #148D8D

split-complementary

#50148D #8D8D14 #158D14

monochromatic

#130522 #320C57 #50148D #6E1CC3 #8D39E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#50148D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#50148D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50148D

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50148D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50148D	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50148d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 20, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.178 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885baf',
    500: '#50148d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50148d;
$custom-light: #885baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50148d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.752,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3686,
    "c": 0.17811,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50148D

secondary

#7FC13C

accent

#F23695

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #50148D

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

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