#50187D#50187D

#50187D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.158 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50187D
RGB	rgb(80, 24, 125)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 80.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.13, 44.20, -45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.13, 63.61, 314.02°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.0894 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.158 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3357, 3.8394, 19.7527)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50187D #457D18

analogous

#1D187D #50187D #7D1878

triadic

#50187D #7D5018 #187D50

tetradic

#50187D #7D1D18 #457D18 #18787D

square

#50187D #7D1D18 #457D18 #18787D

split-complementary

#50187D #787D18 #187D1D

monochromatic

#10051A #2F0E4A #50187D #7122B0 #9137D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#50187D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#50187D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50187D

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50187D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50187D	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50187d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 24, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.158 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca3',
    500: '#50187d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50187d;
$custom-light: #865ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50187d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.267,
    "s": 67.785,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35743,
    "c": 0.15809,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50187D

secondary

#72B23F

accent

#EB3D8A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50187D

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

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