#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
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;
}