#50218F#50218F

#50218F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.168 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50218F
RGB	rgb(80, 33, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 76.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.09, 44.86, -52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.09, 68.83, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% 0.0765 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.168 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8087, 4.7762, 26.4391)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50218F #608F21

analogous

#21298F #50218F #87218F

triadic

#50218F #8F5021 #218F50

tetradic

#50218F #8F2129 #608F21 #218F87

square

#50218F #8F2129 #608F21 #218F87

split-complementary

#50218F #8F8721 #298F21

monochromatic

#180A2C #34165D #50218F #6C2CC1 #8C53D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#50218F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#50218F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50218F

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50218F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50218F	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50218f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 33, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.168 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862b1',
    500: '#50218f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50218f;
$custom-light: #8862b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50218f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.636,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38305,
    "c": 0.16787,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50218F

secondary

#8EBB51

accent

#E642A0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #50218F

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

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