HEX Color #500092 (Indigo)

About #500092

The precise color #500092 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Indigo. In the RGB color space, it consists of 80 red, 0 green, and 146 blue.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 45% cyan and 100% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 272.9 degrees, it sits comfortably in the purple spectrum.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#500092

RGB80, 0, 146

HSL272.9°, 100.0%, 28.6%

CMYK45%, 100%, 0%, 43%

HSV272.9°, 100.0%, 57.3%

LAB22.9, 55.8, -59.3

XYZ8.5, 3.8, 27.5

Decimal5243026

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#500092 #419200

Analogous

#070092 #92008A

Triadic

#925000 #00924F

Tetradic

#920700 #419200 #008B92

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#500092

#631C9E

#7638AA

#8A55B6

#9D71C2

#B18DCE

#C4AADA

#D8C6E6

#EBE2F2

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#500092

#470081

#3E0071

#350061

#2C0051

#230040

#1A0030

#110020

#080010

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

11.96:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

1.76:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

11.43:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

1.49:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #500092; }

.text-color { color: #500092; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #500092; }

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