Information about #96608E color

#96608E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#96608E falls into the Magenta Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(150, 96, 142) — 58.8% red, 37.6% green, 55.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 21 / 3 / 41. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #96608E reads as a calm, restrained electric magenta and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Sugar And Spice (#9B628B). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Half (#8D608C) and Purpleish (#98568D).

The recipe behind #96608E is rgb(150, 96, 142), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #96608E: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.4:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #96608E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#96608E color variations

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

#96608E 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 #96608E

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#96608E
  • RGB150, 96, 142
  • CMYK0, 21, 3, 41
  • CSSrgb(150, 96, 142)
  • HSL309°, 22%, 48%
  • HSL Precise308.889°, 21.951%, 48.235%
  • HSV309°, 36%, 59%
  • HSB309°, 36%, 59%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.588
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.376
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • GLSLvec3(0.588, 0.376, 0.557)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.588, 0.376, 0.557, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.588, 0.376, 0.557)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB58.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB37.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB55.7%
  • Color FamilyMagenta
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID96608E
  • DECIMAL ID9855118
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01