#50188B#50188B

#50188B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.173 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50188B
RGB	rgb(80, 24, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 82.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.39, 47.66, -52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.39, 70.90, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.01% 0.0852 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(37.01% 0.173 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2939, 4.2227, 24.7992)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50188B #538B18

analogous

#181A8B #50188B #8A188B

triadic

#50188B #8B5018 #188B50

tetradic

#50188B #8B181A #538B18 #188B8A

square

#50188B #8B181A #538B18 #188B8A

split-complementary

#50188B #8B8A18 #1A8B18

monochromatic

#140623 #320F57 #50188B #6E21BF #8D3FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#50188B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#50188B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50188B

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50188B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50188B	1.00	11.38	1.84	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50188b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 24, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.173 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885dae',
    500: '#50188b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50188b;
$custom-light: #885dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50188b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.217,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37011,
    "c": 0.17265,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50188B

secondary

#81BE40

accent

#ED3A96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50188B

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

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