#50168B#50168B

#50168B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.174 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50168B
RGB	rgb(80, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 48.40, -52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 71.71, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0866 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.174 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2542, 4.1433, 24.7859)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50168B #518B16

analogous

#16168B #50168B #8B168B

triadic

#50168B #8B5016 #168B50

tetradic

#50168B #8B1616 #518B16 #168B8B

square

#50168B #8B1616 #518B16 #168B8B

split-complementary

#50168B #8B8B16 #168B16

monochromatic

#130521 #320E56 #50168B #6E1EC0 #8D3BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#50168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#50168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50168B

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50168B	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.174 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885cae',
    500: '#50168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50168b;
$custom-light: #885cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.744,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36834,
    "c": 0.17443,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50168B

secondary

#7FBF3E

accent

#EF3895

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50168B

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

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