#50176E#50176E

#50176E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.144 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50176E
RGB	rgb(80, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.74, 41.04, -38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.74, 56.20, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(34.38% 0.0939 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(34.38% 0.144 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4286, 3.4442, 15.0750)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50176E #356E17

analogous

#24176E #50176E #6E1760

triadic

#50176E #6E5017 #176E50

tetradic

#50176E #6E2417 #356E17 #17606E

square

#50176E #6E2417 #356E17 #17606E

split-complementary

#50176E #606E17 #176E24

monochromatic

#120519 #2B0C3B #50176E #7522A1 #9A2CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#50176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#50176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50176E

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50176E	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04356C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.144 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855b98',
    500: '#50176e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50176e;
$custom-light: #855b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.31,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34375,
    "c": 0.14368,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50176E

secondary

#60A43D

accent

#E83F7A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #50176E

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

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