Information about #5C0178 color

#5C0178 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#5C0178 falls into the Magenta Color Family — Full Saturation, Dark brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(92, 1, 120) — 36.1% red, 0.4% green, 47.1% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 11 / 47 / 0 / 53. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#5C0178 presents itself as a maximally vivid electric magenta — one that leans clearly toward the dark side. In practice it works well for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Metallic Purple (#520E7D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Indigo (#4B0082) and Metallic Violet (#5B0A91).

In RGB terms — rgb(92, 1, 120) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #5C0178: 12.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.7:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #5C0178 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#5C0178 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#5C0178 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #5C0178

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5C0178
  • RGB92, 1, 120
  • CMYK11, 47, 0, 53
  • CSSrgb(92, 1, 120)
  • HSL286°, 98%, 24%
  • HSL Precise285.882°, 98.347%, 23.725%
  • HSV286°, 99%, 47%
  • HSB286°, 99%, 47%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.361
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.004
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.471
  • GLSLvec3(0.361, 0.004, 0.471)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.361, 0.004, 0.471, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.361, 0.004, 0.471)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB36.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB0.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB47.1%
  • Color FamilyMagenta
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID5C0178
  • DECIMAL ID6029688
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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