#50178D#50178D

#50178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.176 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50178D
RGB	rgb(80, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, 48.53, -53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 72.34, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(37.11% 0.0852 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(37.11% 0.176 299)
XYZ	xyz(8.4211, 4.2412, 25.5691)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50178D #548D17

analogous

#17198D #50178D #8B178D

triadic

#50178D #8D5017 #178D50

tetradic

#50178D #8D1719 #548D17 #178D8B

square

#50178D #8D1719 #548D17 #178D8B

split-complementary

#50178D #8D8B17 #198D17

monochromatic

#140624 #320E58 #50178D #6E20C2 #8C3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#50178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#50178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50178D

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50178D	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.176 299.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.983,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37109,
    "c": 0.17562,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.04241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50178D

secondary

#82C040

accent

#EF3997

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #50178D

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

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