#50198D#50198D

#50198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.174 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50198D
RGB	rgb(80, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.71, 47.77, -53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.71, 71.51, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.29% 0.0838 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(37.29% 0.174 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4624, 4.3237, 25.5828)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50198D #568D19

analogous

#191C8D #50198D #8A198D

triadic

#50198D #8D5019 #198D50

tetradic

#50198D #8D191C #568D19 #198D8A

square

#50198D #8D191C #568D19 #198D8A

split-complementary

#50198D #8D8A19 #1C8D19

monochromatic

#150725 #331059 #50198D #6D22C1 #8C43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#50198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#50198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50198D

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50198D	1.00	11.26	1.86	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.174 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885eaf',
    500: '#50198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50198d;
$custom-light: #885eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.448,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3729,
    "c": 0.17383,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50198D

secondary

#84BF43

accent

#ED3B98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50198D

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

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