#50238E#50238E

#50238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.164 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50238E
RGB	rgb(80, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 43.64, -51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 67.27, 310.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.0749 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.164 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7905, 4.8604, 26.0609)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50238E #618E23

analogous

#232B8E #50238E #86238E

triadic

#50238E #8E5023 #238E50

tetradic

#50238E #8E232B #618E23 #238E86

square

#50238E #8E232B #618E23 #238E86

split-complementary

#50238E #8E8623 #2B8E23

monochromatic

#190B2C #34175D #50238E #6C2FBF #8C56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#50238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#50238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50238E

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50238E	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.164 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763b0',
    500: '#50238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50238e;
$custom-light: #8763b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.234,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3845,
    "c": 0.16449,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50238E

secondary

#8FB953

accent

#E444A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #50238E

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

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