#50188A#50188A

#50188A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.172 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50188A
RGB	rgb(80, 24, 138)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 82.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.30, 47.41, -52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.30, 70.39, 312.34°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.0855 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.172 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2212, 4.1936, 24.4161)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50188A #528A18

analogous

#18198A #50188A #89188A

triadic

#50188A #8A5018 #188A50

tetradic

#50188A #8A1819 #528A18 #188A89

square

#50188A #8A1819 #528A18 #188A89

split-complementary

#50188A #8A8918 #198A18

monochromatic

#140622 #320F56 #50188A #6E21BE #8D3FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#50188A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#50188A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50188A

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50188A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50188A	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50188a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 24, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.172 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875dad',
    500: '#50188a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50188a;
$custom-light: #875dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50188a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.474,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36918,
    "c": 0.17162,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50188A

secondary

#80BD40

accent

#ED3B95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50188A

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

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