HEX Color #9957FF (Blueviolet)

About #9957FF

The hex code #9957FF represents a beautifully specific shade of purple. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Blueviolet. In the RGB color space, it consists of 153 red, 87 green, and 255 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 40% cyan and 66% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 263.6° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 67.1% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#9957FF

RGB153, 87, 255

HSL263.6°, 100.0%, 67.1%

CMYK40%, 66%, 0%, 0%

HSV263.6°, 65.9%, 100.0%

LAB52.7, 60.7, -73.8

XYZ34.6, 20.8, 96.8

Decimal10049535

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#9957FF #BCFF57

Analogous

#5769FF #EC57FF

Triadic

#FF9857 #57FF99

Tetradic

#FF5769 #BCFF57 #57FFEC

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#9957FF

#A469FF

#AF7CFF

#BB8FFF

#C6A1FF

#D1B4FF

#DDC7FF

#E8D9FF

#F3ECFF

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#9957FF

#884DE2

#7743C6

#663AAA

#55308D

#442671

#331D55

#221338

#11091C

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.07:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

5.16:1

Text on #000000

AA

3.89:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.39:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #9957FF; }

.text-color { color: #9957FF; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #9957FF; }

Similar Colors

Blueviolet

#8A2BE2