HEX Color #501DAF (Darkblue)

About #501DAF

The hex code #501DAF represents a beautifully specific shade of purple. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darkblue. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 80, 29, and 175.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 54% cyan and 83% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 261.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the purple spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#501DAF

RGB80, 29, 175

HSL261.0°, 71.6%, 40.0%

CMYK54%, 83%, 0%, 31%

HSV261.0°, 83.4%, 68.6%

LAB28.6, 55.0, -67.6

XYZ11.5, 5.7, 41.0

Decimal5250479

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#501DAF #7CAF1D

Analogous

#1D33AF #981DAF

Triadic

#AF4F1D #1DAF4F

Tetradic

#AF1D32 #7CAF1D #1DAF98

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#501DAF

#6336B7

#764FC0

#8A68C9

#9D81D2

#B19ADB

#C4B3E4

#D8CCED

#EBE5F6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#501DAF

#47199B

#3E1688

#351374

#2C1061

#230C4D

#1A093A

#110626

#080313

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

9.83:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

2.14:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

9.40:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

1.82:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #501DAF; }

.text-color { color: #501DAF; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #501DAF; }

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Darkblue

#00008B