#44178D#44178D

#44178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.175 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44178D
RGB	rgb(68, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 46.85, -56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 73.24, 309.77°)
OKLab	oklab(35.67% 0.066 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(35.67% 0.175 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4967, 3.7645, 25.5258)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.34

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44178D #608D17

analogous

#17258D #44178D #7F178D

triadic

#44178D #8D4417 #178D44

tetradic

#44178D #8D1725 #608D17 #178D7F

square

#44178D #8D1725 #608D17 #178D7F

split-complementary

#44178D #8D7F17 #258D17

monochromatic

#110624 #2B0E58 #44178D #5D20C2 #7C3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#44178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#44178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #44178D

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##44178D	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B3A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.175 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815baf',
    500: '#44178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44178d;
$custom-light: #815baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.881,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35672,
    "c": 0.17466,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44178D

secondary

#8FC040

accent

#EF39A9

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #44178D

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

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