#50177E#50177E

#50177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.160 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50177E
RGB	rgb(80, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(273, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.08, 44.85, -46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.08, 64.58, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.09 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.16 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3797, 3.8246, 20.0841)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.98

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50177E #457E17

analogous

#1D177E #50177E #7E1779

triadic

#50177E #7E5017 #177E50

tetradic

#50177E #7E1D17 #457E17 #17797E

square

#50177E #7E1D17 #457E17 #17797E

split-complementary

#50177E #797E17 #177E1D

monochromatic

#10051A #2F0E4A #50177E #7120B2 #9135DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#50177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#50177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50177E

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50177E	1.00	11.90	1.77	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.160 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca4',
    500: '#50177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50177e;
$custom-light: #865ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.204,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35735,
    "c": 0.16014,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50177E

secondary

#72B33E

accent

#EC3C8A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50177E

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

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