#50318B#50318B

#50318B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.143 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50318B
RGB	rgb(80, 49, 139)
HSL	hsl(261, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 64.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.81, 35.28, -45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.81, 57.41, 307.92°)
OKLab	oklab(40.15% 0.0603 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(40.15% 0.143 295)
XYZ	xyz(9.0655, 5.7660, 25.0564)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50318B #6C8B31

analogous

#313F8B #50318B #7D318B

triadic

#50318B #8B5031 #318B50

tetradic

#50318B #8B313F #6C8B31 #318B7D

square

#50318B #8B313F #6C8B31 #318B7D

split-complementary

#50318B #8B7D31 #3F8B31

monochromatic

#1C1131 #36215E #50318B #6A41B8 #8C6BCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#50318B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#50318B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50318B

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50318B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50318B	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50318b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 49, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.143 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866bae',
    500: '#50318b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50318b;
$custom-light: #866bae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50318b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.667,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4015,
    "c": 0.14258,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.05766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50318B

secondary

#98B265

accent

#D750A9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50318B

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

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