#50168E#50168E

#50168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.177 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50168E
RGB	rgb(80, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.42, 49.14, -54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.42, 73.25, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(37.12% 0.0856 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(37.12% 0.178 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4764, 4.2322, 25.9562)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50168E #548E16

analogous

#16188E #50168E #8C168E

triadic

#50168E #8E5016 #168E50

tetradic

#50168E #8E1618 #548E16 #168E8C

square

#50168E #8E1618 #548E16 #168E8C

split-complementary

#50168E #8E8C16 #188E16

monochromatic

#140624 #320E59 #50168E #6E1EC3 #8C3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#50168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#50168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50168E

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50168E	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.177 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885cb0',
    500: '#50168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50168e;
$custom-light: #885cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37118,
    "c": 0.1775,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50168E

secondary

#82C13F

accent

#F03897

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #50168E

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

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