#5000BC

sRGB · 80 / 0 / 188

#5000BC belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 80 red, 0 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 265.5° lands in the violet region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 36.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (10.16:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 80, 0, 188
HSL: 265.53°, 100.00%, 36.86%
HSV / HSB: 265.53°, 100.00%, 73.73%
CMYK (approx.): 57.45%, 100.00%, 0.00%, 26.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 12.384, 5.336, 47.956
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 27.672, 65.242, -76.861
WCAG relative luminance: 0.05336
24-bit decimal: 5243068

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #5000BC in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 2.07:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 10.16:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#6CBC00 sits half a turn (180°) from #5000BC on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#5000BC #6CBC00

Analogous

#000EBC and #AE00BC sit 30° to either side of #5000BC. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#000EBC #5000BC #AE00BC

Triadic

#5000BC, #BC5000 and #00BC50 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#5000BC #BC5000 #00BC50

Split complementary

Start at #5000BC and look across the wheel. #BCAE00 and #0EBC00 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#5000BC #BCAE00 #0EBC00

Square

Starting with #5000BC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BC000E, #6CBC00, then #00BCAE. Across the square, #5000BC pairs with #6CBC00, and #BC000E with #00BCAE.

#5000BC #BC000E #6CBC00 #00BCAE

Tetradic

#5000BC and #6CBC00 are opposites, as are #BC006C and #00BC50. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#5000BC #BC006C #6CBC00 #00BC50

Tints

Mixing #5000BC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7333C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #DCCCF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#5000BC #7333C9 #9666D7 #B999E4 #DCCCF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #5000BC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #400096, keeps 80% of the original. By #100026, the mixture is 80% black.

#5000BC #400096 #300071 #20004B #100026 #000000

Tones

Mixing #5000BC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5A1AB0, keeps 80% of the original. By #76668C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#5000BC #5A1AB0 #6333A4 #6D4D98 #76668C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#5000BC

RGB

rgb(80 0 188)

HSL

hsl(265.532 100.000% 36.863%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #5000BC;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#5000BC uses 80 red, 0 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 31.4%

Green 0.0%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #5000BC is 57.4% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 26.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 57.4%

Magenta 100.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 26.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #5500BB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #50B in CSS. For a modern design, keep #5000BC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #6600CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #5500BB Nearest web-safe · #6600CC

Gradient to complement

#5000BC #551F9D #593F7D #5E5E5E #637D3F #679D1F #6CBC00

Color vision previews

Compare how #5000BC appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#0045C0

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#003DB9

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#1B4A6D

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#0037BE

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#0033BA

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#452AA5

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#414141

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#492D90

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.08022 G 0.00000 B 0.50289

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.28489 G 0.03440 B 0.70786

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.06598 G 0.00266 B 0.45926

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.189 y 0.081 Y 5.336

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 68.627 M % 100.000 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01010000 00000000 10111100