#50259B#50259B

#50259B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.177 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50259B
RGB	rgb(80, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.83, 46.20, -56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.83, 73.17, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(39.86% 0.0698 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(39.86% 0.177 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8846, 5.3948, 31.5245)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50259B #709B25

analogous

#25359B #50259B #8B259B

triadic

#50259B #9B5025 #259B50

tetradic

#50259B #9B2535 #709B25 #259B8B

square

#50259B #9B2535 #709B25 #259B8B

split-complementary

#50259B #9B8B25 #359B25

monochromatic

#1D0D38 #36196A #50259B #6931CC #8D61D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#50259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#50259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50259B

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50259B	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.177 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964b9',
    500: '#50259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50259b;
$custom-light: #8964b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.864,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39862,
    "c": 0.17709,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50259B

secondary

#9BBF5D

accent

#E543AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #50259B

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

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