#50176D#50176D

#50176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.143 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50176D
RGB	rgb(80, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.66, 40.81, -37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.66, 55.67, 317.13°)
OKLab	oklab(34.29% 0.0941 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(34.29% 0.143 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3745, 3.4226, 14.7899)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50176D #346D17

analogous

#25176D #50176D #6D175F

triadic

#50176D #6D5017 #176D50

tetradic

#50176D #6D2517 #346D17 #175F6D

square

#50176D #6D2517 #346D17 #175F6D

split-complementary

#50176D #5F6D17 #176D25

monochromatic

#130519 #2B0C3A #50176D #7522A0 #9A2CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#50176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#50176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50176D

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50176D	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07356B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.143 311.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.767,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34294,
    "c": 0.14265,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50176D

secondary

#5FA33D

accent

#E84078

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50176D

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

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