#160050

A very dark, vivid purple closely aligning with Midnightblue.

About #160050

The hex code #160050 represents a beautifully specific shade of purple. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Midnightblue. Its digital footprint relies on 22 parts red, 0 parts green, and 80 parts blue light.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 72% cyan and 100% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 256.5° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 15.7% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a very dark color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#160050
RGB22, 0, 80
HSL256.5°, 100.0%, 15.7%
CMYK72%, 100%, 0%, 69%
HSV256.5°, 100.0%, 31.4%
LAB6.8, 34.6, -43.2
XYZ1.8, 0.7, 7.6
Decimal1441872

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

18.26:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.15:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
17.45:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.02:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #160050; }
.text-color { color: #160050; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #160050; }

Similar Colors

Midnightblue
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