#50218E#50218E

#50218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.167 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50218E
RGB	rgb(80, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.00, 44.59, -51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.00, 68.30, 310.76°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.0768 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.167 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7333, 4.7460, 26.0419)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50218E #5F8E21

analogous

#21288E #50218E #87218E

triadic

#50218E #8E5021 #218E50

tetradic

#50218E #8E2128 #5F8E21 #218E87

square

#50218E #8E2128 #5F8E21 #218E87

split-complementary

#50218E #8E8721 #288E21

monochromatic

#180A2B #34155C #50218E #6C2DC0 #8C52D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#50218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#50218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50218E

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50218E	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.167 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8761b0',
    500: '#50218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50218e;
$custom-light: #8761b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.872,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38215,
    "c": 0.16675,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50218E

secondary

#8DBA50

accent

#E5429F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #50218E

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

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