#990057
A dark, vivid magenta closely aligning with Mediumvioletred.
About #990057
Visually, #990057 is defined as a vivid magenta. Designers often compare it to the standard color Mediumvioletred. Its digital footprint relies on 153 parts red, 0 parts green, and 87 parts blue light.
While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 100% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a dark 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#990057
RGB153, 0, 87
HSL325.9°, 100.0%, 30.0%
CMYK0%, 100%, 43%, 40%
HSV325.9°, 100.0%, 60.0%
LAB32.8, 58.9, -5.0
XYZ14.9, 7.5, 9.7
Decimal10027095
Color Harmonies
Tints, Shades & Tones
Tints (Adding White)
Shades (Adding Black)
WCAG Contrast Accessibility
8.43:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.49:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
8.05:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
2.12:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL
CSS Implementation
.bg-color {
background-color: #990057;
}
.text-color {
color: #990057;
}
.border-color {
border: 2px solid #990057;
}