#50436B#50436B

#50436B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.067 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50436B
RGB	rgb(80, 67, 107)
HSL	hsl(260, 23%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(260, 37%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 37.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 14.94, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 25.99, 305.09°)
OKLab	oklab(41.37% 0.0319 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(41.37% 0.067 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9687, 6.7813, 14.7962)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50436B #5E6B43

analogous

#434A6B #50436B #64436B

triadic

#50436B #6B5043 #436B50

tetradic

#50436B #6B434A #5E6B43 #436B64

square

#50436B #6B434A #5E6B43 #436B64

split-complementary

#50436B #6B6443 #4A6B43

monochromatic

#181420 #342B45 #50436B #6C5B91 #8C7CAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#50436B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#50436B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50436B

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50436B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50436B	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394A6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B496A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50436b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 67, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.067 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827795',
    500: '#50436b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50436b;
$custom-light: #827795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50436b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.5,
    "s": 22.989,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41367,
    "c": 0.06707,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50436B

secondary

#8C9971

accent

#BF68A3

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEDF1

border

#CAC8CB

text

#0A080D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50436B

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

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