#50178F#50178F

#50178F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.178 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50178F
RGB	rgb(80, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.64, 49.03, -54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.64, 73.37, 311.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.3% 0.0845 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(37.3% 0.178 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5713, 4.3013, 26.3599)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50178F #568F17

analogous

#171A8F #50178F #8C178F

triadic

#50178F #8F5017 #178F50

tetradic

#50178F #8F171A #568F17 #178F8C

square

#50178F #8F171A #568F17 #178F8C

split-complementary

#50178F #8F8C17 #1A8F17

monochromatic

#150626 #330F5A #50178F #6D1FC4 #8C40E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#50178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#50178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50178F

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50178F	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.178 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885db1',
    500: '#50178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50178f;
$custom-light: #885db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37298,
    "c": 0.17768,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50178F

secondary

#84C141

accent

#EF3998

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #50178F

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

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