#50208E#50208E

#50208E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.168 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50208E
RGB	rgb(80, 32, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 77.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.84, 45.06, -52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.84, 68.81, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% 0.0777 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.168 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7060, 4.6913, 26.0328)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50208E #5E8E20

analogous

#20278E #50208E #87208E

triadic

#50208E #8E5020 #208E50

tetradic

#50208E #8E2027 #5E8E20 #208E87

square

#50208E #8E2027 #5E8E20 #208E87

split-complementary

#50208E #8E8720 #278E20

monochromatic

#18092A #34155C #50208E #6C2BC0 #8C51D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#50208E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#50208E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50208E

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50208E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50208E	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50208e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 32, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.168 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8761b0',
    500: '#50208e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50208e;
$custom-light: #8761b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50208e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.182,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38101,
    "c": 0.16785,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50208E

secondary

#8CBB4F

accent

#E6429E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #50208E

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

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