#50436D#50436D

#50436D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.070 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50436D
RGB	rgb(80, 67, 109)
HSL	hsl(259, 24%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 39%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 38.5%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.40, 15.49, -22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.40, 27.21, 304.68°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% 0.0324 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.07 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0751, 6.8238, 15.3567)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50436D #606D43

analogous

#434B6D #50436D #65436D

triadic

#50436D #6D5043 #436D50

tetradic

#50436D #6D434B #606D43 #436D65

square

#50436D #6D434B #606D43 #436D65

split-complementary

#50436D #6D6543 #4B6D43

monochromatic

#181421 #342C47 #50436D #6C5A93 #8C7CAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#50436D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#50436D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50436D

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50436D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50436D	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#384A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A496C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50436d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 67, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.070 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827797',
    500: '#50436d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50436d;
$custom-light: #827797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50436d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.571,
    "s": 23.864,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41475,
    "c": 0.07014,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50436D

secondary

#8E9A72

accent

#C067A5

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEDF2

border

#CAC8CC

text

#0A080D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50436D

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

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