#330016

A very dark, vivid magenta closely aligning with Black.

About #330016

Visually, #330016 is defined as a vivid magenta. Designers often compare it to the standard color Black. In the RGB color space, it consists of 51 red, 0 green, and 22 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 100% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 334.1° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 10.0% 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#330016
RGB51, 0, 22
HSL334.1°, 100.0%, 10.0%
CMYK0%, 100%, 57%, 80%
HSV334.1°, 100.0%, 20.0%
LAB6.9, 27.1, 0.0
XYZ1.5, 0.8, 0.8
Decimal3342358

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

18.22:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.15:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
17.42:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.02:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #330016; }
.text-color { color: #330016; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #330016; }

Similar Colors

Black
#000000