#50187E#50187E

#50187E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.159 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50187E
RGB	rgb(80, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.22, 44.45, -46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.22, 64.14, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(35.83% 0.0891 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(35.83% 0.159 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3999, 3.8651, 20.0908)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.13

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50187E #467E18

analogous

#1D187E #50187E #7E1879

triadic

#50187E #7E5018 #187E50

tetradic

#50187E #7E1D18 #467E18 #18797E

square

#50187E #7E1D18 #467E18 #18797E

split-complementary

#50187E #797E18 #187E1D

monochromatic

#10051A #2F0E4B #50187E #7122B1 #9037D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#50187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#50187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50187E

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50187E	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.159 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca4',
    500: '#50187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50187e;
$custom-light: #865ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.941,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35831,
    "c": 0.15913,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50187E

secondary

#73B23F

accent

#EB3D8B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50187E

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

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