#500b47

Color #500b47

A vivid, highly saturated very dark magenta.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 28.89 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-950 #4b004f · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#500b47

RGB

rgb(80, 11, 71)

HSL

hsl(307.8, 75.8%, 17.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(307.8, 86.3%, 31.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 86.3%, 11.2%, 68.6%)

LAB

lab(17.46, 37.52, -19.18)

LCH

lch(17.46, 42.14, 332.92)

OKLCH

oklch(30.5%, 0.1212, 334.28)

HWB

hwb(307.8, 4.3%, 68.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0b5014

Analogous

#360b50

#500b47

#500b24

Triadic

#500b47

#47500b

#0b4750

Split-complementary

#500b47

#24500b

#0b5036

Tetradic

#500b47

#50140b

#0b5014

#0b4750

Square

#500b47

#50360b

#0b5014

#0b2450

Shades

Color #500b47 mixed toward black.

#42093b

#35072f

#280523

#1b0418

#0d020c

Tints

Color #500b47 mixed toward white.

#8d137d

#cb1cb4

#e647d1

#ee84e0

#f7c2f0

Tones

Color #500b47 mixed toward gray.

#4a1143

#44163e

#3f1c3a

#392236

#332832

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.48:1

White text reads better on this background (14.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3d3d3e · ΔE 24

Deuteranopia

#40443c · ΔE 33.3

Tritanopia

#4e3634 · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#2b2b2b · ΔE 23.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #500b47;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#500b47]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#500b47 (#500b47) is rgb(80, 11, 71) in RGB.

No, #500b47 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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