Color of the Day:

Dark Purple#4B0150

Dark Purple - 01/28/1989

Dark Purple is the Color of the Day for 01/28/1989. Dark Purple has a hex value of #4B0150. On the RGB scale it has values of Red: 75, Green: 1, and Blue: 80

Color Spaces of Dark Purple

Hex4B0150#4B0150
RGB75 1 80rgb(75 1 80)
RGB %29 0 31rgb(29 0 31)
CIELAB15.87, 38.95, -27.73
CMY71, 100, 69
CMYK6, 99, 0, 69
HSL296, 98, 16hsl(296 98% 16%)
HSV296, 99, 31hsv(296 99% 31%)
HSI297, 98, 52
HWB296, 0, 69hwb(296 0% 69%)
LCH15.87, 47.81, 324.54
XYZ4.23, 2.07, 5.83

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All About Dark Purple

Dark Purple is a deep and intense shade of purple that is both dramatic and elegant. This color is a rich and saturated version of the traditional purple color, with a hint of black that adds a sense of depth and sophistication to the hue.

Overall, Dark Purple is a dramatic and elegant color that is perfect for creating a sense of luxury and sophistication in any design. Its rich and intense tone makes it a favorite among designers and decorators who want to add a touch of drama and elegance to their projects. Whether it's in fashion, home decor, or graphic design, Dark Purple is a bold and statement-making color that is sure to make an impact.

Dark Purple in Fashion

In fashion, Dark Purple is a popular choice for both casual and formal wear, particularly for evening gowns, suits, and accessories. Its deep and intense tone makes it a bold and statement-making alternative to more traditional shades of purple. This color pairs well with neutrals like black, gray, and white, as well as with other jewel tones like emerald green and ruby red.

Dark Purple in Interior Design

In home decor, Dark Purple is a popular choice for accent walls, bedding, and other decor elements that need a touch of drama and elegance. Its rich and intense hue makes it perfect for creating a sense of luxury and sophistication in any space. This color pairs well with other jewel tones like sapphire blue and emerald green, as well as with neutrals like beige and cream.

Dark Purple in Graphic Design

In graphic design, Dark Purple is a popular choice for branding and marketing materials for businesses that want to convey a sense of elegance and sophistication. Its deep and intense hue makes it a great choice for a range of industries, from fashion and beauty to home decor and lifestyle.

Closest Common Color

Dark Purple is closest to the common color purple. Purple is a secondary color that is the mixture of red and blue. Purple has strong ties with royalty, nobility, wisdom and spirituality. We see purple tones in brand icons to symbolize prestige and importance. Believe it or not it is possible to have natural violet or purple eyes, however, it is extremely rare! Some common things you can find in purple are eggplants, grapes, lavender and amethysts.

Shades of Dark Purple

A shade is a concept of darkening a color. Below you will find the shades of colors from Dark Purple all the way to Black evenly distributed.

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Tints of Dark Purple

A tint is a concept of lightening a color. Below you will find the tints of colors from Dark Purple all the way to White evenly distributed.

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Tones of Dark Purple

A tone is a concept of adding gray to a color. Below you will find the tones of colors from Dark Purple all the way to Gray evenly distributed.

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Monochromatic Colors of Dark Purple

A monochromatic color scheme is based on a single color and contains both shades and tints of that color. Below you will find a monochromatic color scheme based off of Dark Purple.

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Complementary Color of Dark Purple

Complementary colors are two colors that are the complete opposite of each other on the color wheel. Complementary colors are used by many including graphic designers, painters, and other artists. Knowing the complementary color for a given color is useful because using them together creates a visual contrast which can really make a design pop! Below you will find the complementary color of Dark Purple.

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Split Complementary Colors of Dark Purple

A Split Complementary color scheme is based on a single color and then finds the complementary color of the main color and uses that as a reference to find two colors to the left and right of that complementary color on the color wheel. A total of three colors make up a split complementary color scheme. A common example of a split complementary color scheme in an RGB Model is red, green-cyan, and blue-cyan. Below you will find a split complementary color scheme based off of Dark Purple.

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Triadic Colors of Dark Purple

A triadic color scheme is made up of three colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel. In a traditional sense you start with one color to as the baseline and the two other colors serve as accent colors. On the color wheel this can be envisioned as a triangle. Below you will find a triadic color scheme based off of Dark Purple.

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Tetradic Colors of Dark Purple

A tetradic color scheme is made up of four colors that form a rectangle on the color wheel. This color harmony is also known as a double complementary color scheme becuase it is made up of two complementary color pairs. Below you will find a tetradic color scheme based off of Dark Purple.

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Analogous Colors of Dark Purple

An analogous color scheme is made up of three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. In a traditional sense you start with a single color as the baseline, a second color, and an accent color or a mixture of the first two colors as the third color. Below you will find an analogous color scheme based off of Dark Purple.

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Variations of Dark Purple

A variation of a color is the idea of swapping the values of Red, Blue, and Green with one another to create a new color. The color Dark Purple has RGB values of R:75, G:1, and B:80. Using this information, we can create the following 5 variations using RBG, GRB, GBR, BRG, and GBR. Out of the 5 possible variations of Dark Purple, 5 of them will be unique without counting our orignal color of Dark Purple.

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Web Safe Color of Dark Purple

A web safe color is a color that will not be dithered when shown on a web browser that only has 256-color support. Although this is not much of an issue in modern browsers today it is important to understand the history. A web safe color will always appear as intended across any device/browser. There are 216 colors that are considered web safe. Below you will find the closest web safe color to Dark Purple.

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CSS Code for Dark Purple

Text Color
.text-class { color: #4B0150; }

This paragraph tag has text in the color #4B0150

Text Shadow Color
.txt-shdw-class { text-shadow: 2px 2px 2px #4B0150; }

This text has a shadow in the color #4B0150

Border Color
.brdr-class { border: 5px solid #4B0150; }

This div tag has a border color of #4B0150

Background Color
.bg-class { background-color: #4B0150; }

This div tag has a background color of #4B0150

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Dark Purple Accessibility

When it comes to accessibility it is important to consider the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 issued by W3C. The WCAG provides a set of standards to determine if two colors have an appropriate contrast ratio in order to be readable on a web. This is achieved by measuring luminance, also known as brightness, between the color of your text and the background color. The WCAG has several levels of conformance: (A - Lowest, AA - Mid Range, AAA - Highest). If you meet the requirements of a higher range of conformance then you automatically meet the lower levels. For Example, if you meet AAA then by default you also meet AA and A. The contrast ratios that need to be met also consider the size of the font. Below are the contrast ratios needed to be compliant.

  • Level AA (large text/18-point font): 3:1
  • Level AA: 4.5:1
  • Level AAA (large text/18-point font): 4.5:1
  • Level AAA: 7:1

In the following sections we take a look at conformance levels AA and AAA for both large sized text and normal sized text. We took care of all the calculations so you will be able to see right away whether or not a text color of Dark Purple is readable according to the WCAG against both Black and White backgrounds.

Dark Purple Contrast on Black Background

The color Dark Purple has passed 0 out of 4 WCAG tests against a Black background. This means there is a 0% accessibility rating and therefore makes Dark Purple a poor choice against a Black background.

WCAG AALarge TextFail
WCAG AANormal TextFail
WCAG AAALarge TextFail
WCAG AAANormal TextFail

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Dark Purple Contrast on White Background

The color Dark Purple has passed 4 out of 4 WCAG tests against a White background. This means there is a 100% accessibility rating and therefore makes Dark Purple a perfect choice against a White background.

WCAG AALarge TextPass
WCAG AANormal TextPass
WCAG AAALarge TextPass
WCAG AAANormal TextPass

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