#50229B#50229B

#50229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.180 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50229B
RGB	rgb(80, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.34, 47.60, -57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.34, 74.68, 309.60°)
OKLab	oklab(39.52% 0.0723 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(39.52% 0.18 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7951, 5.2158, 31.4946)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50229B #6D9B22

analogous

#22319B #50229B #8D229B

triadic

#50229B #9B5022 #229B50

tetradic

#50229B #9B2231 #6D9B22 #229B8D

square

#50229B #9B2231 #6D9B22 #229B8D

split-complementary

#50229B #9B8D22 #319B22

monochromatic

#1C0C37 #361769 #50229B #6A2DCD #8C5CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#50229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#50229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50229B

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50229B	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.180 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963ba',
    500: '#50229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50229b;
$custom-light: #8963ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.81,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39519,
    "c": 0.18023,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50229B

secondary

#99C059

accent

#E741A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #50229B

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

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