#500049

A very dark, vivid magenta closely aligning with Purple.

About #500049

The hex code #500049 represents a beautifully specific shade of magenta. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Purple. Its digital footprint relies on 80 parts red, 0 parts green, and 73 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. The color uses 0% Cyan, 100% Magenta, 9% Yellow, and 69% Black. With a hue angle of 305.3 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#500049
RGB80, 0, 73
HSL305.3°, 100.0%, 15.7%
CMYK0%, 100%, 9%, 69%
HSV305.3°, 100.0%, 31.4%
LAB16.4, 41.2, -22.2
XYZ4.5, 2.2, 6.5
Decimal5242953

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

14.61:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.44:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
13.96:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.22:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #500049; }
.text-color { color: #500049; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #500049; }

Similar Colors

Purple
#800080