#50188D#50188D

#50188D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.175 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50188D
RGB	rgb(80, 24, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 83%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.58, 48.16, -53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.58, 71.93, 312.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.2% 0.0845 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(37.2% 0.175 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4414, 4.2817, 25.5758)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50188D #558D18

analogous

#181B8D #50188D #8B188D

triadic

#50188D #8D5018 #188D50

tetradic

#50188D #8D181B #558D18 #188D8B

square

#50188D #8D181B #558D18 #188D8B

split-complementary

#50188D #8D8B18 #1B8D18

monochromatic

#150624 #320F59 #50188D #6E21C1 #8C41DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#50188D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#50188D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50188D

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50188D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50188D	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50188d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 24, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.175 298.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50188d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.718,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37198,
    "c": 0.17474,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50188D

secondary

#83BF42

accent

#EE3A98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50188D

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

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