#50228E#50228E

#50228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.166 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50228E
RGB	rgb(80, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.16, 44.12, -51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.16, 67.79, 310.61°)
OKLab	oklab(38.33% 0.0758 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(38.33% 0.166 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7615, 4.8024, 26.0513)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50228E #608E22

analogous

#222A8E #50228E #86228E

triadic

#50228E #8E5022 #228E50

tetradic

#50228E #8E222A #608E22 #228E86

square

#50228E #8E222A #608E22 #228E86

split-complementary

#50228E #8E8622 #2A8E22

monochromatic

#180A2B #34165D #50228E #6C2EBF #8C54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#50228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#50228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50228E

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50228E	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.166 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762b0',
    500: '#50228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50228e;
$custom-light: #8762b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38331,
    "c": 0.16563,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50228E

secondary

#8EBA52

accent

#E443A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #50228E

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

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