#50198A#50198A

#50198A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.171 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50198A
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 138)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 81.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 47.02, -51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 69.96, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(37.01% 0.0847 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(37.01% 0.171 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2422, 4.2356, 24.4231)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50198A #538A19

analogous

#191A8A #50198A #89198A

triadic

#50198A #8A5019 #198A50

tetradic

#50198A #8A191A #538A19 #198A89

square

#50198A #8A191A #538A19 #198A89

split-complementary

#50198A #8A8919 #1A8A19

monochromatic

#140622 #321056 #50198A #6E22BE #8D41DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#50198A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#50198A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50198A

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50198A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50198A	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50198a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.171 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875dad',
    500: '#50198a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50198a;
$custom-light: #875dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50198a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.204,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37011,
    "c": 0.17068,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50198A

secondary

#81BD42

accent

#EC3C96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50198A

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

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