#50185B#50185B

#50185B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.123 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50185B
RGB	rgb(80, 24, 91)
HSL	hsl(290, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(290, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 73.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.50, 36.35, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.50, 45.84, 322.47°)
OKLab	oklab(33.04% 0.0951 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(33.04% 0.123 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.5230, 3.1144, 10.2057)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50185B #235B18

analogous

#2E185B #50185B #5B1845

triadic

#50185B #5B5018 #185B50

tetradic

#50185B #5B2E18 #235B18 #18455B

square

#50185B #5B2E18 #235B18 #18455B

split-complementary

#50185B #455B18 #185B2E

monochromatic

#150618 #250B2B #50185B #7B258B #A532BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.94

#50185B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#50185B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50185B

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50185B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50185B	1.00	12.94	1.62	12.94
#FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50185b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 24, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.123 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a8a',
    500: '#50185b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50185b;
$custom-light: #845a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50185b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.149,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33044,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50185B

secondary

#4B923D

accent

#E14660

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #50185B

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

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