#500042

A very dark, vivid magenta closely aligning with Purple.

About #500042

When working with digital screens, the color #500042 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Purple. In the RGB color space, it consists of 80 red, 0 green, and 66 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). Its ink density profile breaks down to 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 18% yellow, and 69% black. With a hue angle of 310.5 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#500042
RGB80, 0, 66
HSL310.5°, 100.0%, 15.7%
CMYK0%, 100%, 18%, 69%
HSV310.5°, 100.0%, 31.4%
LAB16.0, 40.1, -18.0
XYZ4.3, 2.1, 5.3
Decimal5242946

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

14.79:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.42:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
14.14:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.21:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #500042; }
.text-color { color: #500042; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #500042; }

Similar Colors

Purple
#800080