#50187B#50187B

#50187B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.156 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50187B
RGB	rgb(80, 24, 123)
HSL	hsl(274, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 80.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 43.72, -44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 62.57, 314.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.57% 0.0899 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(35.57% 0.156 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2092, 3.7888, 19.0866)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.37

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50187B #437B18

analogous

#1E187B #50187B #7B1875

triadic

#50187B #7B5018 #187B50

tetradic

#50187B #7B1E18 #437B18 #18757B

square

#50187B #7B1E18 #437B18 #18757B

split-complementary

#50187B #757B18 #187B1E

monochromatic

#11051A #2F0E48 #50187B #7122AE #9136D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#50187B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#50187B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50187B

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50187B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50187B	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50187b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 24, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.156 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca2',
    500: '#50187b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50187b;
$custom-light: #865ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50187b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.939,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35569,
    "c": 0.15601,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50187B

secondary

#70B03F

accent

#EA3E89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50187B

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

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