#50177B#50177B

#50177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.157 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50177B
RGB	rgb(80, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.82, 44.12, -44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.82, 63.01, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% 0.0908 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.157 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1890, 3.7484, 19.0798)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.23

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50177B #427B17

analogous

#1E177B #50177B #7B1774

triadic

#50177B #7B5017 #177B50

tetradic

#50177B #7B1E17 #427B17 #17747B

square

#50177B #7B1E17 #427B17 #17747B

split-complementary

#50177B #747B17 #177B1E

monochromatic

#11051A #2E0D47 #50177B #7221AF #9233D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#50177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#50177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50177B

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50177B	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.157 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca2',
    500: '#50177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50177b;
$custom-light: #865ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.2,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35471,
    "c": 0.15706,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50177B

secondary

#6FB03E

accent

#EB3C88

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50177B

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

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