HEX Color #9983E9 (Mediumpurple)

About #9983E9

At its core, #9983E9 is a light and moderate hue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Mediumpurple. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 153, 131, and 233.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. Its ink density profile breaks down to 34% cyan, 44% magenta, 0% yellow, and 9% black. The HSL representation is 252.9° hue, 69.9% saturation, and 71.4% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#9983E9

RGB153, 131, 233

HSL252.9°, 69.9%, 71.4%

CMYK34%, 44%, 0%, 9%

HSV252.9°, 43.8%, 91.4%

LAB60.7, 31.1, -48.8

XYZ36.0, 28.9, 80.8

Decimal10060777

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#9983E9 #D2E982

Analogous

#829FE9 #CC82E9

Triadic

#E99982 #82E999

Tetradic

#E9829F #D2E982 #82E9CC

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#9983E9

#A490EB

#AF9EED

#BBACF0

#C6BAF2

#D1C7F5

#DDD5F7

#E8E3FA

#F3F1FC

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#9983E9

#8874CF

#7765B5

#66579B

#554881

#443A67

#332B4D

#221D33

#110E19

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.10:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

6.78:1

Text on #000000

AA

2.96:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

5.76:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #9983E9; }

.text-color { color: #9983E9; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #9983E9; }

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