#50177D#50177D

#50177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.159 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50177D
RGB	rgb(80, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.00, 44.60, -45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.00, 64.05, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.0903 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.159 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3155, 3.7990, 19.7459)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50177D #447D17

analogous

#1D177D #50177D #7D1777

triadic

#50177D #7D5017 #177D50

tetradic

#50177D #7D1D17 #447D17 #17777D

square

#50177D #7D1D17 #447D17 #17777D

split-complementary

#50177D #777D17 #177D1D

monochromatic

#11051A #2F0D49 #50177D #7121B1 #9135DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#50177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#50177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50177D

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50177D	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.159 304.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35647,
    "c": 0.15912,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50177D

secondary

#71B23E

accent

#EC3C8A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50177D

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

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