#50177A#50177A

#50177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.156 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50177A
RGB	rgb(80, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(275, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.74, 43.88, -44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.74, 62.49, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.38% 0.0911 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(35.38% 0.156 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1267, 3.7235, 18.7518)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.34

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50177A #417A17

analogous

#1E177A #50177A #7A1772

triadic

#50177A #7A5017 #177A50

tetradic

#50177A #7A1E17 #417A17 #17727A

square

#50177A #7A1E17 #417A17 #17727A

split-complementary

#50177A #727A17 #177A1E

monochromatic

#11051A #2E0D47 #50177A #7221AD #9233D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#50177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#50177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50177A

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50177A	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.156 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca1',
    500: '#50177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50177a;
$custom-light: #865ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35384,
    "c": 0.15602,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50177A

secondary

#6EAF3E

accent

#EB3D87

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50177A

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

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