Kyo Purple Color

#9d5b8b

Kyo Purple is calm, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow

Inverse Color #62a474
Complementary Color #5b9d6d
Color Shade: warm magenta (316.36° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 48.63% (better contrasting with white)
Kyo Purple Color Sample
Kyo Purple Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9d5b8b

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Kyo Purple Color. The Club Mauve color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Sister Loganberry Frost (#863f76) for more energetic effect. Try Poise as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5b9d6d is the best complementary color to Kyo Purple. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9d5b8b complementary color is Aqua Forest, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Strikemaster are #8e5b9d and #9d5b69. Thus found on the left and right of #9d5b8b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Trendy Pink and Au Chico colors as they work well with Kyo Purple.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Kyo Purple palette consists of #5b9d8e and #6a9d5b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5b9d6d). Try Patina and Asparagus colors in combination with #9d5b8b, 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 #9d5b8b offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Kyo Purple. Thus Horizon and Asparagus giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Kyo Purple contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aqua Forest, Barley Corn, and Waikawa Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #9d5b8b square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue 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. Kyo Purple tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#5b9d6d) and two others. The Asparagus is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Scampi – 120° from the complementary Aqua Forest. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8b9d5b and #6d5b9d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9d5b8b is made of 41% red, 24% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Kyo Purple has a hue angle of 316.36°, a saturation of 26.61% and a lightness of 48.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9d5b8b is made of 0% cyan, 25.88% magenta, 7.06% yellow and 38.43% black ink.

HEX #9d5b8b
RGB Decimal rgb(157,91,139)
RGB Percentage 41%, 24%, 36%
CMYK 0, 25.88, 7.06, 38.43
HSL hsl(316.36,26.61%,48.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(316.36,42.04%,61.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.6422,34.0917,-15.0448)
XYZ xyz(22.3059,16.5143,26.438)
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