#50436E#50436E

#50436E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.072 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50436E
RGB	rgb(80, 67, 110)
HSL	hsl(258, 24%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(258, 39%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 39.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.45, 15.76, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.45, 27.82, 304.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.53% 0.0326 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(41.53% 0.072 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1292, 6.8455, 15.6419)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50436E #616E43

analogous

#434B6E #50436E #66436E

triadic

#50436E #6E5043 #436E50

tetradic

#50436E #6E434B #616E43 #436E66

square

#50436E #6E434B #616E43 #436E66

split-complementary

#50436E #6E6643 #4B6E43

monochromatic

#191522 #342C48 #50436E #6C5A94 #8C7CAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#50436E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#50436E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50436E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50436E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50436E	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#384A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A4A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50436e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 67, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.072 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827798',
    500: '#50436e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50436e;
$custom-light: #827798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50436e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.14,
    "s": 24.294,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41529,
    "c": 0.07167,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50436E

secondary

#8F9B72

accent

#C167A6

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEDF2

border

#CAC8CC

text

#0A080D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50436E

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

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