HEX Color #5050AF (Darkslateblue)

About #5050AF

The precise color #5050AF is an excellent choice for modern design projects. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darkslateblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 80 red, 80 green, and 175 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 54% cyan and 54% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 240.0° hue, 37.3% saturation, and 50.0% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#5050AF

RGB80, 80, 175

HSL240.0°, 37.3%, 50.0%

CMYK54%, 54%, 0%, 31%

HSV240.0°, 54.3%, 68.6%

LAB38.8, 27.4, -51.0

XYZ13.9, 10.5, 41.9

Decimal5263535

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#5050AF #AEAF50

Analogous

#507FAF #7F50AF

Triadic

#AF5050 #50AF50

Tetradic

#AF507F #AEAF50 #50AF7F

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#5050AF

#6363B7

#7676C0

#8A8AC9

#9D9DD2

#B1B1DB

#C4C4E4

#D8D8ED

#EBEBF6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#5050AF

#47479B

#3E3E88

#353574

#2C2C61

#23234D

#1A1A3A

#111126

#080813

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.76:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

3.11:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

6.46:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

2.64:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #5050AF; }

.text-color { color: #5050AF; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #5050AF; }

Similar Colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B