#50238F#50238F

#50238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.166 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50238F
RGB	rgb(80, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.42, 43.91, -51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.42, 67.81, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0746 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.166 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8659, 4.8905, 26.4581)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50238F #628F23

analogous

#232C8F #50238F #86238F

triadic

#50238F #8F5023 #238F50

tetradic

#50238F #8F232C #628F23 #238F86

square

#50238F #8F232C #628F23 #238F86

split-complementary

#50238F #8F8623 #2C8F23

monochromatic

#190B2D #34175E #50238F #6C2FC0 #8C57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#50238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#50238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50238F

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50238F	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.166 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763b1',
    500: '#50238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50238f;
$custom-light: #8763b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38539,
    "c": 0.16563,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50238F

secondary

#8FBA54

accent

#E444A1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #50238F

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

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