HEX Color #5024A8 (Indigo)

About #5024A8

The hex code #5024A8 represents a beautifully specific shade of purple. Its closest recognized web color is Indigo. Its digital footprint relies on 80 parts red, 36 parts green, and 168 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. Its ink density profile breaks down to 52% cyan, 79% magenta, 0% yellow, and 34% black. The HSL representation is 260.0° hue, 64.7% saturation, and 40.0% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#5024A8

RGB80, 36, 168

HSL260.0°, 64.7%, 40.0%

CMYK52%, 79%, 0%, 34%

HSV260.0°, 78.6%, 65.9%

LAB28.9, 50.2, -62.9

XYZ11.0, 5.8, 37.6

Decimal5252264

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#5024A8 #7BA824

Analogous

#243AA8 #9124A8

Triadic

#A85024 #24A850

Tetradic

#A8243A #7BA824 #24A892

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#5024A8

#633CB1

#7654BB

#8A6DC5

#9D85CE

#B19DD8

#C4B6E2

#D8CEEB

#EBE6F5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#5024A8

#472095

#3E1C82

#351870

#2C145D

#23104A

#1A0C38

#110825

#080412

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

9.73:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

2.16:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

9.30:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

1.84:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #5024A8; }

.text-color { color: #5024A8; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #5024A8; }

Similar Colors

Indigo

#4B0082