#50186D#50186D

#50186D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.141 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50186D
RGB	rgb(80, 24, 109)
HSL	hsl(280, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 78%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.81, 40.38, -37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.81, 55.20, 317.02°)
OKLab	oklab(34.4% 0.093 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(34.4% 0.141 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3947, 3.4630, 14.7966)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50186D #356D18

analogous

#25186D #50186D #6D185F

triadic

#50186D #6D5018 #186D50

tetradic

#50186D #6D2518 #356D18 #185F6D

square

#50186D #6D2518 #356D18 #185F6D

split-complementary

#50186D #5F6D18 #186D25

monochromatic

#120619 #2B0D3B #50186D #75239F #9A2ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#50186D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#50186D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50186D

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50186D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50186D	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08356B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50186d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 24, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.141 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855b97',
    500: '#50186d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50186d;
$custom-light: #855b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50186d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.529,
    "s": 63.91,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34399,
    "c": 0.14145,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50186D

secondary

#60A33E

accent

#E7417A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50186D

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

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