HEX Color #500033 (Purple)

About #500033

The precise color #500033 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Designers often compare it to the standard color Purple. Its digital footprint relies on 80 parts red, 0 parts green, and 51 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 100% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 321.8° 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. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#500033

RGB80, 0, 51

HSL321.8°, 100.0%, 15.7%

CMYK0%, 100%, 36%, 69%

HSV321.8°, 100.0%, 31.4%

LAB15.2, 38.1, -8.6

XYZ3.9, 1.9, 3.3

Decimal5242931

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#500033 #00501D

Analogous

#450050 #50000A

Triadic

#325000 #003250

Tetradic

#504500 #00501D #000A50

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#500033

#631C49

#763860

#8A5577

#9D718D

#B18DA4

#C4AABB

#D8C6D1

#EBE2E8

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#500033

#47002D

#3E0027

#350022

#2C001C

#230016

#1A0011

#11000B

#080005

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

15.12:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

1.39:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

14.45:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

1.18:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #500033; }

.text-color { color: #500033; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #500033; }

Similar Colors

Purple

#800080