#A00099

A dark, vivid magenta closely aligning with Darkmagenta.

About #A00099

The precise color #A00099 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darkmagenta. In the RGB color space, it consists of 160 red, 0 green, and 153 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. The HSL representation is 302.6° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 31.4% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A00099
RGB160, 0, 153
HSL302.6°, 100.0%, 31.4%
CMYK0%, 100%, 4%, 37%
HSV302.6°, 100.0%, 62.7%
LAB37.4, 68.3, -39.4
XYZ20.2, 9.8, 31.0
Decimal10485913

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.11:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.95:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
6.79:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.51:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A00099; }
.text-color { color: #A00099; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A00099; }

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