#50188C#50188C

#50188C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.174 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50188C
RGB	rgb(80, 24, 140)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 82.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.49, 47.91, -52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.49, 71.42, 312.13°)
OKLab	oklab(37.1% 0.0848 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(37.1% 0.174 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3673, 4.2521, 25.1858)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50188C #548C18

analogous

#181A8C #50188C #8A188C

triadic

#50188C #8C5018 #188C50

tetradic

#50188C #8C181A #548C18 #188C8A

square

#50188C #8C181A #548C18 #188C8A

split-complementary

#50188C #8C8A18 #1A8C18

monochromatic

#140624 #320F58 #50188C #6E21C0 #8C40DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#50188C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#50188C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50188C

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50188C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50188C	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50188c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 24, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.174 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885daf',
    500: '#50188c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50188c;
$custom-light: #885daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50188c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37104,
    "c": 0.17369,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50188C

secondary

#82BF41

accent

#ED3A97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50188C

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

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