#50186E#50186E

#50186E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.142 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50186E
RGB	rgb(80, 24, 110)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 78.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.89, 40.62, -38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.89, 55.73, 316.79°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% 0.0929 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.142 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4488, 3.4847, 15.0817)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50186E #366E18

analogous

#25186E #50186E #6E1861

triadic

#50186E #6E5018 #186E50

tetradic

#50186E #6E2518 #366E18 #18616E

square

#50186E #6E2518 #366E18 #18616E

split-complementary

#50186E #616E18 #186E25

monochromatic

#120519 #2B0D3C #50186E #7523A0 #992FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#50186E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#50186E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50186E

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50186E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50186E	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06356C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50186e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 24, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.142 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855b98',
    500: '#50186e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50186e;
$custom-light: #855b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50186e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.07,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34479,
    "c": 0.14249,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50186E

secondary

#62A43E

accent

#E7417B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50186E

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

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