#50198B#50198B

#50198B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.172 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50198B
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.53, 47.27, -52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.53, 70.48, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.1% 0.0844 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(37.1% 0.172 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3149, 4.2647, 24.8062)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50198B #548B19

analogous

#191B8B #50198B #89198B

triadic

#50198B #8B5019 #198B50

tetradic

#50198B #8B191B #548B19 #198B89

square

#50198B #8B191B #548B19 #198B89

split-complementary

#50198B #8B8919 #1B8B19

monochromatic

#140623 #321057 #50198B #6E22BF #8C41DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#50198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#50198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50198B

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50198B	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.172 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885dae',
    500: '#50198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50198b;
$custom-light: #885dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.947,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37103,
    "c": 0.17173,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50198B

secondary

#82BE42

accent

#EC3B97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50198B

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

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