#500FB6

A dark, vivid purple closely aligning with Blueviolet.

About #500FB6

Visually, #500FB6 is defined as a vivid purple. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Blueviolet. Its digital footprint relies on 80 parts red, 15 parts green, and 182 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 56% cyan and 92% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 263.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the purple 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. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#500FB6
RGB80, 15, 182
HSL263.4°, 84.8%, 38.6%
CMYK56%, 92%, 0%, 29%
HSV263.4°, 91.8%, 71.4%
LAB27.9, 61.0, -72.9
XYZ11.9, 5.4, 44.7
Decimal5246902

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

10.07:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.08:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
9.63:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.77:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #500FB6; }
.text-color { color: #500FB6; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #500FB6; }

Similar Colors

Blueviolet
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