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#9C19F6 — Vivid Purple

#9C19F6 is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color BlueViolet (#8A2BE2). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blueviolet (#8A2BE2) — not an exact match. CSS blueviolet gives you #8A2BE2, a different color; use #9C19F6 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#9C19F6 is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #71F519; it also sits naturally between #2F19F5 and #F519DF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#9C19F6 · RGB 156, 25, 246

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Color values

HEX#9C19F6
RGB156, 25, 246
HSL276°, 92%, 53%
HSV276°, 90%, 96%
CMYK37%, 90%, 0%, 4%
XYZ30.69, 14.42, 88.35
Yxy14.42, 0.2300, 0.1080
CIE-Lab44.83, 80.85, -81.67
Hunter Lab37.97, 81.14, -117.82

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 61% · Green 10% · Blue 96%

Cyan 37% · Magenta 90% · Yellow 0% · Key 4%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #9C19F6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #9C19F6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #9C19F6

.text { color: #9C19F6; }
.background { background-color: #9C19F6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #9C19F6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(156, 25, 246); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(276, 92%, 53%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #9C19F6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(156, 25, 246, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #9C19F6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(156, 25, 246, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#9C19F6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#9C19F6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #9C19F6

#910AEB#8209D3#7308BA#6407A2#58068E#480576#39045D#2A0345#1B022C#0C0114

Tints of #9C19F6

#A62CF6#B045F7#B859F8#C16CF9#CB85FA#D398FB#DCACFC#E4BFFC#EED8FD#F7EBFE

Tones of #9C19F6

#9A28E6#9738D6#9448C7#9058B6#8D68A6#8A7897

Color harmonies

Complementary — #71F519:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text5.41:1 AA
Against black text3.88:1 AA large only

Best text color on #9C19F6: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #9C19F6

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #9C19F6: ·

How #9C19F6 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #6362C1Deuteranopia · #6B75B4Tritanopia · #95968D

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind purple 600 · #9333EATailwind violet 600 · #7C3AEDTailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #9C19F6 rather than the exact color:

Misty Ruby Drift
#24160D · #CC2FF8 · #395EF9 · #9A1CFD
Hidden Ruby Terrace
#11300B · #40D1FB · #FB403E · #9E22F6
Rustic Harbor
#210B07 · #A222F7 · #61F718 · #1221FD
Honey Garden
#1123C0 · #9920EB · #F26ECA · #F7A5A5
Dusty Opal
#17200D · #FC0FD1 · #39F9E8 · #8F1DFB
Velvet Bloom
#3B0B0C · #92F717 · #3A55FA · #A823F8

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#9A1CFD#9E22F6#A222F7#9920EB#8F1DFB#A823F8#9B2AF7#9B2AFE#9929EA#8B18E9#AA1DE4#8826F8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #9C19F5  ·  #9C19F7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #9C19F6?

#9C19F6 is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 156, 25, 246). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #9C19F6?

#9C19F6 is RGB 156, 25, 246 — HSL 276°, 92%, 53% — CMYK 37%, 90%, 0%, 4%.

What colors go with #9C19F6?

Its complement is #71F519; analogous partners are #2F19F5 and #F519DF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #9C19F6 for text?

White text on #9C19F6 has a contrast ratio of 5.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.88:1.