#5000A8

A dark, vivid purple closely aligning with Darkblue.

About #5000A8

When working with digital screens, the color #5000A8 is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Darkblue. Its digital footprint relies on 80 parts red, 0 parts green, and 168 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 52% cyan and 100% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a dark color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#5000A8
RGB80, 0, 168
HSL268.6°, 100.0%, 32.9%
CMYK52%, 100%, 0%, 34%
HSV268.6°, 100.0%, 65.9%
LAB25.4, 60.7, -68.7
XYZ10.4, 4.5, 37.4
Decimal5243048

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

11.01:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.91:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
10.53:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.62:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #5000A8; }
.text-color { color: #5000A8; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #5000A8; }

Similar Colors

Darkblue
#00008B