#50437C#50437C

#50437C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.093 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50437C
RGB	rgb(80, 67, 124)
HSL	hsl(254, 30%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(254, 46%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 46%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.20, 19.73, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.20, 36.36, 302.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% 0.0355 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.093 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9526, 7.1748, 19.9781)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50437C #6F7C43

analogous

#43537C #50437C #6C437C

triadic

#50437C #7C5043 #437C50

tetradic

#50437C #7C4353 #6F7C43 #437C6C

square

#50437C #7C4353 #6F7C43 #437C6C

split-complementary

#50437C #7C6C43 #537C43

monochromatic

#1D182D #362E54 #50437C #6A58A4 #8D7FBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#50437C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#50437C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50437C

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50437C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50437C	1.00	8.62	2.43	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#304D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#324B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50437c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 67, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.093 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8377a2',
    500: '#50437c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50437c;
$custom-light: #8377a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50437c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.684,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42342,
    "c": 0.09295,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50437C

secondary

#9AA576

accent

#C662AF

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF3

border

#CAC8CD

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50437C

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

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