#50168D#50168D

#50168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.176 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50168D
RGB	rgb(80, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.33, 48.90, -53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.33, 72.74, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.0859 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.176 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4017, 4.2023, 25.5626)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50168D #538D16

analogous

#16178D #50168D #8C168D

triadic

#50168D #8D5016 #168D50

tetradic

#50168D #8D1617 #538D16 #168D8C

square

#50168D #8D1617 #538D16 #168D8C

split-complementary

#50168D #8D8C16 #178D16

monochromatic

#140523 #320E58 #50168D #6E1EC2 #8D3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#50168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#50168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50168D

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50168D	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.176 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885caf',
    500: '#50168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50168d;
$custom-light: #885caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.244,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37023,
    "c": 0.17647,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50168D

secondary

#81C13E

accent

#F03896

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #50168D

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

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