#991D8B#991D8B

#991D8B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.195 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#991D8B
RGB	rgb(153, 29, 139)
HSL	hsl(307, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(307, 81%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 9.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.96, 60.11, -31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.96, 67.93, 332.24°)
OKLab	oklab(48.25% 0.1741 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(48.25% 0.195 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2366, 9.5167, 25.2975)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#991D8B #1D992B

analogous

#691D99 #991D8B #991D4D

triadic

#991D8B #8B991D #1D8B99

tetradic

#991D8B #99691D #1D992B #1D4D99

square

#991D8B #99691D #1D992B #1D4D99

split-complementary

#991D8B #4D991D #1D9969

monochromatic

#32092E #66135C #991D8B #CC27BA #DE52CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#991D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#991D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #991D8B

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##991D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##991D8B	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A02B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #991d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 29, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.195 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb6aad',
    500: '#991d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #991d8b;
$custom-light: #bb6aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#991d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.774,
    "s": 68.132,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48248,
    "c": 0.19457,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#991D8B

secondary

#51C15D

accent

#EB503D

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F7ECF4

border

#D0C7CE

text

#120710

muted

#817A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #991D8B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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