#50438E#50438E

#50438E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.119 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50438E
RGB	rgb(80, 67, 142)
HSL	hsl(250, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(250, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 52.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.29, 25.12, -39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.29, 47.17, 302.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% 0.0377 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.119 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1965, 7.6724, 26.5296)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50438E #818E43

analogous

#435B8E #50438E #75438E

triadic

#50438E #8E5043 #438E50

tetradic

#50438E #8E435B #818E43 #438E75

square

#50438E #8E435B #818E43 #438E75

split-complementary

#50438E #8E7543 #5B8E43

monochromatic

#211C3B #392F64 #50438E #6B5CB2 #9186C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#50438E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#50438E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50438E

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50438E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50438E	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#225091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#224C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E5362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50438e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 67, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.119 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8577af',
    500: '#50438e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50438e;
$custom-light: #8577af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50438e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.4,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43513,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50438E

secondary

#A8B17C

accent

#CC5CB8

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF5

border

#CBC8CF

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50438E

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

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