#50176B#50176B

#50176B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.141 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50176B
RGB	rgb(80, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.51, 40.34, -36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.51, 54.63, 317.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.13% 0.0944 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(34.13% 0.141 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2680, 3.3800, 14.2293)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50176B #326B17

analogous

#26176B #50176B #6B175C

triadic

#50176B #6B5017 #176B50

tetradic

#50176B #6B2617 #326B17 #175C6B

square

#50176B #6B2617 #326B17 #175C6B

split-complementary

#50176B #5C6B17 #176B26

monochromatic

#130519 #2A0C39 #50176B #76229D #9B2DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#50176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#50176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50176B

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50176B	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.141 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855b96',
    500: '#50176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50176b;
$custom-light: #855b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.714,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34134,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50176B

secondary

#5DA13D

accent

#E84076

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50176B

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

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