#50177F#50177F

#50177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.161 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50177F
RGB	rgb(80, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(273, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 45.09, -46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 65.10, 313.84°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.0897 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.161 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4445, 3.8506, 20.4256)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.92

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50177F #467F17

analogous

#1C177F #50177F #7F177A

triadic

#50177F #7F5017 #177F50

tetradic

#50177F #7F1C17 #467F17 #177A7F

square

#50177F #7F1C17 #467F17 #177A7F

split-complementary

#50177F #7A7F17 #177F1C

monochromatic

#10051A #2F0E4B #50177F #7120B3 #9036DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#50177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#50177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50177F

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50177F	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.161 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca5',
    500: '#50177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50177f;
$custom-light: #865ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.885,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35824,
    "c": 0.16118,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50177F

secondary

#73B43E

accent

#EC3C8B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50177F

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

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