#50178A#50178A

#50178A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.173 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50178A
RGB	rgb(80, 23, 138)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 83.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.17, 47.79, -52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.17, 70.80, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0862 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.173 300)
XYZ	xyz(8.2010, 4.1532, 24.4094)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50178A #518A17

analogous

#17188A #50178A #8A178A

triadic

#50178A #8A5017 #178A50

tetradic

#50178A #8A1718 #518A17 #178A8A

square

#50178A #8A1718 #518A17 #178A8A

split-complementary

#50178A #8A8A17 #188A17

monochromatic

#130621 #320E56 #50178A #6E20BE #8D3DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#50178A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#50178A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50178A

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50178A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50178A	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50178a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 23, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.173 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885cad',
    500: '#50178a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50178a;
$custom-light: #885cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50178a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.739,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36828,
    "c": 0.17253,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.04153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50178A

secondary

#7FBE3F

accent

#EE3A95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50178A

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

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