#50208B#50208B

#50208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.165 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50208B
RGB	rgb(80, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.57, 44.27, -50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.57, 67.21, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.0784 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.165 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4838, 4.6024, 24.8625)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50208B #5B8B20

analogous

#20258B #50208B #85208B

triadic

#50208B #8B5020 #208B50

tetradic

#50208B #8B2025 #5B8B20 #208B85

square

#50208B #8B2025 #5B8B20 #208B85

split-complementary

#50208B #8B8520 #258B20

monochromatic

#170928 #331559 #50208B #6D2BBD #8C4FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#50208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#50208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50208B

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50208B	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.165 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8761ae',
    500: '#50208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50208b;
$custom-light: #8761ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.916,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37832,
    "c": 0.16451,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50208B

secondary

#89BA4D

accent

#E6429C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50208B

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

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