Information about Reddish Purple color

#910951 - Reddish Purple color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#910951, known as "Reddish Purple", falls into the Rose Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(145, 9, 81) — 56.9% red, 3.5% green, 31.8% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 53 / 25 / 43. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pure, full-strength romantic rose, #910951 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is just a few steps away from Berry (#990F4B). Slightly further away sit Cardinal Pink (#8C055E) and Dark Fuchsia (#9D0759).

In RGB terms — rgb(145, 9, 81) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #910951: 8.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for black. The name "Reddish Purple" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

Reddish Purple color variations

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

Reddish Purple 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 Reddish Purple

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#910951
  • RGB145, 9, 81
  • CMYK0, 53, 25, 43
  • CSSrgb(145, 9, 81)
  • HSL328°, 88%, 30%
  • HSL Precise328.235°, 88.312%, 30.196%
  • HSV328°, 94%, 57%
  • HSB328°, 94%, 57%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.569
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.035
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • GLSLvec3(0.569, 0.035, 0.318)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.569, 0.035, 0.318, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.569, 0.035, 0.318)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB56.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB3.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB31.8%
  • Color FamilyRose
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID910951
  • DECIMAL ID9505105
  • Name Length14
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