Information about #9B597B color

#9B597B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#9B597B falls into the Rose Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(155, 89, 123) — 60.8% red, 34.9% green, 48.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 26 / 13 / 39. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #9B597B reads as a softly balanced rose 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 Light Plum (#9D5783). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Antique Fuchsia (#915C83) and Rose Dust (#9E5E6F).

In RGB terms — rgb(155, 89, 123) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #9B597B: 5.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.1:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #9B597B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#9B597B color variations

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#9B597B 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 #9B597B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Light Plum color link
Light Plum

#9D5783

Rose Dust color link
Rose Dust

#9E5E6F

Mild Rose color link
Mild Rose

#A95680

Sugar Plum color link
Sugar Plum

#914E75

Dusky Purple color link
Dusky Purple

#895B7B

Aiyana color link
Aiyana

#A86272

Mauve Taupe color link
Mauve Taupe

#915F6D

Purpleish color link
Purpleish

#98568D

Purplish color link
Purplish

#94568C

Strikemaster color link
Strikemaster

#946A81

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#9B597B
  • RGB155, 89, 123
  • CMYK0, 26, 13, 39
  • CSSrgb(155, 89, 123)
  • HSL329°, 27%, 48%
  • HSL Precise329.091°, 27.049%, 47.843%
  • HSV329°, 43%, 61%
  • HSB329°, 43%, 61%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.608
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.349
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.482
  • GLSLvec3(0.608, 0.349, 0.482)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.608, 0.349, 0.482, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.608, 0.349, 0.482)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB60.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB34.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB48.2%
  • Color FamilyRose
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID9B597B
  • DECIMAL ID10180987
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01