Information about #A500C2 color

#A500C2 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A500C2 falls into the Magenta Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(165, 0, 194) — 64.7% red, 0% green, 76.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 11 / 76 / 0 / 24. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #A500C2 reads as a maximally vivid magenta and holds a balanced mid-tone. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Heliotrope Magenta (#AA00BB). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Dark Violet (#9400D3) and Strong Magenta (#A800A8).

In RGB terms — rgb(165, 0, 194) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #A500C2: 6.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.4:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A500C2 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A500C2 color variations

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

#A500C2 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 #A500C2

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#A500C2
  • RGB165, 0, 194
  • CMYK11, 76, 0, 24
  • CSSrgb(165, 0, 194)
  • HSL291°, 100%, 38%
  • HSL Precise291.031°, 100%, 38.039%
  • HSV291°, 100%, 76%
  • HSB291°, 100%, 76%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.647
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.761
  • GLSLvec3(0.647, 0.000, 0.761)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.647, 0.000, 0.761, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.647, 0.000, 0.761)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB64.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB0%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB76.1%
  • Color FamilyMagenta
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDA500C2
  • DECIMAL ID10813634
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01