Navy Purple Color

#9556eb

Navy Purple is vivid, cool-toned shade of warm blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool yellow, warm cyan or warm red

Inverse Color #6aa914
Complementary Color #aceb56
Color Shade: warm blue (265.37° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 62.94% (better contrasting with white)
Navy Purple Color Sample
Navy Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9556eb

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Navy Purple Color. The Chaste Blossoms color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Light Shōtoku Purple (#aa55ee) for more energetic effect. Try Thick Purple as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#aceb56 is the best complementary color to Navy Purple. Cool yellow shades generally complement the warm blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9556eb complementary color is Conifer, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and cool magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Medium Purple are #5661eb and #df56eb. Thus found on the left and right of #9556eb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Royal Blue and Heliotrope colors as they work well with Navy Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Navy Purple palette consists of #61eb56 and #ebdf56 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#aceb56). Try Pastel Green and Confetti colors in combination with #9556eb, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #9556eb offers a combination of cool green and warm red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Navy Purple. Thus Pastel Green and Burnt Sienna giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Navy Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Conifer, Mandy, and Turquoise Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #9556eb square combo is a palette of warm blue, cool red, cool yellow and warm cyan shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Navy Purple tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#aceb56) and two others. The Burnt Sienna is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Picton Blue – 120° from the complementary Conifer. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #eb9456 and #56aceb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9556eb is made of 32% red, 18% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Navy Purple has a hue angle of 265.37°, a saturation of 78.84% and a lightness of 62.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9556eb is made of 33.73% cyan, 58.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black ink.

HEX #9556eb
RGB Decimal rgb(149,86,235)
RGB Percentage 32%, 18%, 50%
CMYK 33.73, 58.43, 0, 7.84
HSL hsl(265.37,78.84%,62.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(265.37,63.4%,92.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.7378,55.4625,-65.8959)
XYZ xyz(30.7176,19.0433,80.654)
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