#50188E#50188E

#50188E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.176 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50188E
RGB	rgb(80, 24, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 83.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.68, 48.41, -53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.68, 72.45, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(37.29% 0.0842 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(37.29% 0.176 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5161, 4.3116, 25.9695)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50188E #568E18

analogous

#181B8E #50188E #8B188E

triadic

#50188E #8E5018 #188E50

tetradic

#50188E #8E181B #568E18 #188E8B

square

#50188E #8E181B #568E18 #188E8B

split-complementary

#50188E #8E8B18 #1B8E18

monochromatic

#150625 #330F5A #50188E #6D21C2 #8C41DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#50188E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#50188E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50188E

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50188E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50188E	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50188e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 24, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.176 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885db0',
    500: '#50188e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50188e;
$custom-light: #885db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50188e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.475,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37292,
    "c": 0.17578,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50188E

secondary

#84C042

accent

#EE3A98

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #50188E

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

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