#9C19FF

sRGB · 156 / 25 / 255

#9C19FF belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 156 red, 25 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 274.2° lands in the violet region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 54.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.25:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 156, 25, 255
HSL: 274.17°, 100.00%, 54.90%
HSV / HSB: 274.17°, 90.20%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 38.82%, 90.20%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 32.106, 14.984, 95.812
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 45.612, 82.651, -85.413
WCAG relative luminance: 0.14983
24-bit decimal: 10230271

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #9C19FF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 4.00:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 5.25:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#7CFF19 sits half a turn (180°) from #9C19FF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#9C19FF #7CFF19

Analogous

#2919FF and #FF19EF sit 30° to either side of #9C19FF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#2919FF #9C19FF #FF19EF

Triadic

#9C19FF, #FF9C19 and #19FF9C are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#9C19FF #FF9C19 #19FF9C

Split complementary

Start at #9C19FF and look across the wheel. #EFFF19 and #19FF29 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#9C19FF #EFFF19 #19FF29

Square

Starting with #9C19FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FF2919, #7CFF19, then #19EFFF. Across the square, #9C19FF pairs with #7CFF19, and #FF2919 with #19EFFF.

#9C19FF #FF2919 #7CFF19 #19EFFF

Tetradic

#9C19FF and #7CFF19 are opposites, as are #FF197C and #19FF9C. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#9C19FF #FF197C #7CFF19 #19FF9C

Tints

Mixing #9C19FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B047FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #EBD1FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#9C19FF #B047FF #C475FF #D7A3FF #EBD1FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #9C19FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7D14CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #1F0533, the mixture is 80% black.

#9C19FF #7D14CC #5E0F99 #3E0A66 #1F0533 #000000

Tones

Mixing #9C19FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #962EE6, keeps 80% of the original. By #866B99, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#9C19FF #962EE6 #9142CC #8B57B3 #866B99 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#9C19FF

RGB

rgb(156 25 255)

HSL

hsl(274.174 100.000% 54.902%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #9C19FF;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#9C19FF uses 156 red, 25 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 61.2%

Green 9.8%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #9C19FF is 38.8% cyan, 90.2% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 38.8%

Magenta 90.2%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #9911FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #91F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #9C19FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9900FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #9911FF Nearest web-safe · #9900FF

Gradient to complement

#9C19FF #973FD9 #9166B2 #8C8C8C #87B266 #81D93F #7CFF19

Color vision previews

Compare how #9C19FF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#006AFF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#006BFB

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#866598

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#2859FF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#335BFD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9442E1

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#6C6C6C

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#8750C8

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.33245 G 0.00972 B 1.00000

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.56123 G 0.15356 B 0.96255

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.27515 G 0.02043 B 0.91690

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.225 y 0.105 Y 14.984

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 38.824 M % 90.196 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10011100 00011001 11111111