#50177C#50177C

#50177C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.158 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50177C
RGB	rgb(80, 23, 124)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 81.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.91, 44.36, -45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.91, 63.53, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0905 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.158 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2519, 3.7735, 19.4112)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.14

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50177C #437C17

analogous

#1E177C #50177C #7C1776

triadic

#50177C #7C5017 #177C50

tetradic

#50177C #7C1E17 #437C17 #17767C

square

#50177C #7C1E17 #437C17 #17767C

split-complementary

#50177C #767C17 #177C1E

monochromatic

#11051A #2F0D48 #50177C #7121B0 #9134D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.97

#50177C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#50177C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50177C

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50177C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50177C	1.00	11.97	1.75	11.97
#FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50177c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 23, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.158 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca3',
    500: '#50177c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50177c;
$custom-light: #865ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50177c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.861,
    "s": 68.707,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35559,
    "c": 0.15809,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50177C

secondary

#70B13E

accent

#EC3C89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50177C

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

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