#5F0057

A very dark, vivid magenta closely aligning with Purple.

About #5F0057

The precise color #5F0057 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Purple. In the RGB color space, it consists of 95 red, 0 green, and 87 blue.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 100% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 305.1 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta 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. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#5F0057
RGB95, 0, 87
HSL305.1°, 100.0%, 18.6%
CMYK0%, 100%, 8%, 63%
HSV305.1°, 100.0%, 37.3%
LAB20.5, 46.4, -25.0
XYZ6.4, 3.1, 9.3
Decimal6226007

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

12.93:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.62:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
12.36:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.38:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #5F0057; }
.text-color { color: #5F0057; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #5F0057; }

Similar Colors

Purple
#800080