#50176C#50176C

#50176C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.142 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50176C
RGB	rgb(80, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.58, 40.58, -37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.58, 55.15, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(34.21% 0.0943 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(34.21% 0.142 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3209, 3.4011, 14.5080)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50176C #336C17

analogous

#25176C #50176C #6C175D

triadic

#50176C #6C5017 #176C50

tetradic

#50176C #6C2517 #336C17 #175D6C

square

#50176C #6C2517 #336C17 #175D6C

split-complementary

#50176C #5D6C17 #176C25

monochromatic

#130519 #2B0C3A #50176C #75229E #9B2CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#50176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#50176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50176C

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50176C	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09356A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.142 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855b97',
    500: '#50176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50176c;
$custom-light: #855b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.235,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34214,
    "c": 0.14163,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50176C

secondary

#5EA23D

accent

#E84077

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50176C

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

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