#50229E#50229E

#50229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.184 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50229E
RGB	rgb(80, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(262, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.62, 48.41, -58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.62, 76.25, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.8% 0.0714 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(39.8% 0.184 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0501, 5.3178, 32.8380)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50229E #709E22

analogous

#22329E #50229E #8E229E

triadic

#50229E #9E5022 #229E50

tetradic

#50229E #9E2232 #709E22 #229E8E

square

#50229E #9E2232 #709E22 #229E8E

split-complementary

#50229E #9E8E22 #329E22

monochromatic

#1D0C39 #36176C #50229E #692DD0 #8D5EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#50229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#50229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50229E

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50229E	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.184 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963bc',
    500: '#50229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50229e;
$custom-light: #8963bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.258,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39801,
    "c": 0.18357,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50229E

secondary

#9BC15B

accent

#E840A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #50229E

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

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