#50436C#50436C

#50436C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.069 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50436C
RGB	rgb(80, 67, 108)
HSL	hsl(259, 23%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(259, 38%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 38%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, 15.21, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 26.60, 304.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.42% 0.0321 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(41.42% 0.069 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0216, 6.8024, 15.0748)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50436C #5F6C43

analogous

#434B6C #50436C #65436C

triadic

#50436C #6C5043 #436C50

tetradic

#50436C #6C434B #5F6C43 #436C65

square

#50436C #6C434B #5F6C43 #436C65

split-complementary

#50436C #6C6543 #4B6C43

monochromatic

#181420 #342C46 #50436C #6C5A92 #8C7CAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#50436C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#50436C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50436C

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50436C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50436C	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B496B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50436c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 67, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.069 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827796',
    500: '#50436c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50436c;
$custom-light: #827796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50436c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.024,
    "s": 23.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41421,
    "c": 0.0686,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50436C

secondary

#8D9971

accent

#C068A4

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEDF2

border

#CAC8CC

text

#0A080D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50436C

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

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