#44178E#44178E

#44178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.176 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44178E
RGB	rgb(68, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.98, 47.12, -56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.98, 73.76, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% 0.0656 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.176 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5714, 3.7944, 25.9194)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44178E #618E17

analogous

#17268E #44178E #7F178E

triadic

#44178E #8E4417 #178E44

tetradic

#44178E #8E1726 #618E17 #178E7F

square

#44178E #8E1726 #618E17 #178E7F

split-complementary

#44178E #8E7F17 #268E17

monochromatic

#120625 #2B0E59 #44178E #5D20C3 #7C3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#44178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#44178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #44178E

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##44178E	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.176 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815bb0',
    500: '#44178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44178e;
$custom-light: #815bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.689,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35773,
    "c": 0.17574,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44178E

secondary

#90C040

accent

#EF39AA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #44178E

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

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