#50178C#50178C

#50178C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.175 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50178C
RGB	rgb(80, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.36, 48.29, -53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.36, 71.83, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.0856 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.175 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3471, 4.2116, 25.1790)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50178C #538C17

analogous

#17188C #50178C #8B178C

triadic

#50178C #8C5017 #178C50

tetradic

#50178C #8C1718 #538C17 #178C8B

square

#50178C #8C1718 #538C17 #178C8B

split-complementary

#50178C #8C8B17 #188C17

monochromatic

#140623 #320E57 #50178C #6E20C1 #8D3EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#50178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#50178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50178C

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50178C	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.175 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885daf',
    500: '#50178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50178c;
$custom-light: #885daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37015,
    "c": 0.17459,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50178C

secondary

#81BF3F

accent

#EF3996

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50178C

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

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