#A05FA0

A medium, muted magenta closely aligning with Plum.

About #A05FA0

The hex code #A05FA0 represents a beautifully specific shade of magenta. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Plum. In the RGB color space, it consists of 160 red, 95 green, and 160 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 41% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 300.0° hue, 25.5% saturation, and 50.0% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A05FA0
RGB160, 95, 160
HSL300.0°, 25.5%, 50.0%
CMYK0%, 41%, 0%, 37%
HSV300.0°, 40.6%, 62.7%
LAB49.7, 36.7, -24.3
XYZ24.9, 18.2, 35.5
Decimal10510240

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.53:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
4.64:1
Text on #000000
AA
4.33:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
3.94:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A05FA0; }
.text-color { color: #A05FA0; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A05FA0; }

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