#57428A

A medium, moderate purple closely aligning with Darkslateblue.

About #57428A

When working with digital screens, the color #57428A is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Darkslateblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 87 red, 66 green, and 138 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 37% cyan and 52% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 257.5 degrees, it sits comfortably in the purple spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#57428A
RGB87, 66, 138
HSL257.5°, 35.3%, 40.0%
CMYK37%, 52%, 0%, 46%
HSV257.5°, 52.2%, 54.1%
LAB33.5, 26.4, -37.2
XYZ10.5, 7.8, 25.0
Decimal5718666

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

8.23:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.55:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
7.87:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
2.17:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #57428A; }
.text-color { color: #57428A; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #57428A; }

Similar Colors

Darkslateblue
#483D8B