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#5000F0 — Vivid Purple

#5000F0 is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color BlueViolet (#8A2BE2). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blueviolet (#8A2BE2) — not an exact match. CSS blueviolet gives you #8A2BE2, a different color; use #5000F0 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.

#5000F0 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 #A0F000; it also sits naturally between #0028F0 and #C800F0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#5000F0 · RGB 80, 0, 240

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Color values

HEX#5000F0
RGB80, 0, 240
HSL260°, 100%, 47%
HSV260°, 100%, 94%
CMYK67%, 100%, 0%, 6%
XYZ19.04, 8.00, 82.98
Yxy8.00, 0.1730, 0.0727
CIE-Lab33.98, 77.13, -96.52
Hunter Lab28.28, 73.33, -161.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 31% · Green 0% · Blue 94%

Cyan 67% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #5000F0 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #5000F0 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #5000F0

.text { color: #5000F0; }
.background { background-color: #5000F0; }
.border { border: 3px solid #5000F0; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(80, 0, 240); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(260, 100%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #5000F0; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(80, 0, 240, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #5000F0; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(80, 0, 240, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#5000F0">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#5000F0">Div content here</div>

Shades of #5000F0

#4900DB#4100C2#3A00AD#330099#2C0085#24006B#1D0057#160042#0E0029#070014

Tints of #5000F0

#5C0AFF#6D24FF#7E3DFF#8F57FF#A070FF#AD85FF#BE9EFF#CFB8FF#E0D1FF#F1EBFF

Tones of #5000F0

#5511DF#5B23CD#6134BC#6744AB#6C559B#726789

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A0F000:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text8.08:1 AAA
Against black text2.60:1 Fails

Best text color on #5000F0: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #5000F0

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #5000F0: ·

How #5000F0 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #2D2DB6Deuteranopia · #3238A8Tritanopia · #4C887E

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:

Tailwind indigo 600 · #4F46E5Tailwind violet 600 · #7C3AEDTailwind purple 600 · #9333EA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #5000F0 rather than the exact color:

Palette 5902ec
#5902EC · #E04DB0 · #F2C9E1 · #FFFA4D
Palette 000000
#000000 · #5800FF · #E900FF · #FFC600
Palette 4300ff
#4300FF · #0065F8 · #00CAFF · #00FFDE
Scarlet Ruby Ember
#182610 · #1CFCE4 · #4813F9 · #6E1CFA
Modern Ruby Monsoon
#280708 · #4B13FB · #4FFEF3 · #3EF994
Hidden Ruby Cinder
#153611 · #4116F9 · #14D8F9 · #F76329

Similar colors

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

#5902EC#5800FF#4300FF#4813F9#4B13FB#4116F9#6900FF#4D1CE5#411CEA#5914D6#6F00FF#4E15D4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #5000EF  ·  #5000F1 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #5000F0?

#5000F0 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 80, 0, 240). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #5000F0?

#5000F0 is RGB 80, 0, 240 — HSL 260°, 100%, 47% — CMYK 67%, 100%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #5000F0?

Its complement is #A0F000; analogous partners are #0028F0 and #C800F0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #5000F0 for text?

White text on #5000F0 has a contrast ratio of 8.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.60:1.