#50169F#50169F

#50169F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.195 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50169F
RGB	rgb(80, 22, 159)
HSL	hsl(265, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 86.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 53.38, -62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 81.83, 310.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.78% 0.0792 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(38.78% 0.195 294)
XYZ	xyz(9.8514, 4.7822, 33.1982)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50169F #659F16

analogous

#16219F #50169F #94169F

triadic

#50169F #9F5016 #169F50

tetradic

#50169F #9F1621 #659F16 #169F94

square

#50169F #9F1621 #659F16 #169F94

split-complementary

#50169F #9F9416 #219F16

monochromatic

#1A0733 #350F69 #50169F #6B1DD5 #8C4AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#50169F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#50169F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50169F

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50169F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50169F	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37415E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50169f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 22, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.195 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ebd',
    500: '#50169f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50169f;
$custom-light: #8a5ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50169f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.401,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38781,
    "c": 0.19489,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.04782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50169F

secondary

#92C74A

accent

#F236A2

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #50169F

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

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