#50178E#50178E

#50178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.177 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50178E
RGB	rgb(80, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.55, 48.78, -54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.55, 72.85, 312.04°)
OKLab	oklab(37.2% 0.0849 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(37.2% 0.177 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4959, 4.2711, 25.9627)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50178E #558E17

analogous

#171A8E #50178E #8B178E

triadic

#50178E #8E5017 #178E50

tetradic

#50178E #8E171A #558E17 #178E8B

square

#50178E #8E171A #558E17 #178E8B

split-complementary

#50178E #8E8B17 #1A8E17

monochromatic

#150625 #320E59 #50178E #6E20C3 #8C3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#50178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#50178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50178E

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50178E	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.177 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885db0',
    500: '#50178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50178e;
$custom-light: #885db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.739,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37204,
    "c": 0.17665,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50178E

secondary

#83C040

accent

#EF3998

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #50178E

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

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