#C500F8

A medium, vivid magenta closely aligning with Darkviolet.

About #C500F8

Visually, #C500F8 is defined as a vivid magenta. Its closest recognized web color is Darkviolet. In the RGB color space, it consists of 197 red, 0 green, and 248 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 21% cyan and 100% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#C500F8
RGB197, 0, 248
HSL287.7°, 100.0%, 48.6%
CMYK21%, 100%, 0%, 3%
HSV287.7°, 100.0%, 97.3%
LAB50.3, 88.9, -73.6
XYZ40.0, 18.6, 90.3
Decimal12910840

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.44:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
4.73:1
Text on #000000
AA
4.24:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
4.02:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #C500F8; }
.text-color { color: #C500F8; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #C500F8; }

Similar Colors

Darkviolet
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