Palettes / Colors / #500086

#500086 — Deep Vivid Purple

#500086 is a purple color we call Deep Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Indigo (#4B0082). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: indigo (#4B0082) — not an exact match. CSS indigo gives you #4B0082, a different color; use #500086 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#500086 is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #358500; it also sits naturally between #0D0085 and #850077. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 31% · Green 0% · Blue 53%

Cyan 40% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 0% · Key 47%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #500086

.text { color: #500086; }
.background { background-color: #500086; }
.border { border: 3px solid #500086; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(80, 0, 134); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(276, 100%, 26%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #500086; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(80, 0, 134, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #500086; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(80, 0, 134, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#500086">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#500086">Div content here</div>

Shades of #500086

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Tones of #500086

Color harmonies

Complementary — #358500:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #500086: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #500086

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #500086 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #500086 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #500086?

#500086 is Deep Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 80, 0, 134). Its closest standard named color is Indigo.

What is the RGB and HSL of #500086?

#500086 is RGB 80, 0, 134 — HSL 276°, 100%, 26% — CMYK 40%, 100%, 0%, 47%.

What colors go with #500086?

Its complement is #358500; analogous partners are #0D0085 and #850077. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #500086 for text?

White text on #500086 has a contrast ratio of 12.46:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.69:1.