#993AD6#993AD6

#993AD6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.228 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#993AD6
RGB	rgb(153, 58, 214)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 72.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.16, 64.20, -62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.16, 89.94, 315.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% 0.1416 -0.1787)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.228 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7850, 14.6539, 65.0227)
Luminance	0.1465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#993AD6 #77D63A

analogous

#4B3AD6 #993AD6 #D63AC5

triadic

#993AD6 #D6993A #3AD699

tetradic

#993AD6 #D64B3A #77D63A #3AC5D6

square

#993AD6 #D64B3A #77D63A #3AC5D6

split-complementary

#993AD6 #C5D63A #3AD64B

monochromatic

#551A7C #7824AE #993AD6 #B36DE1 #CD9FEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#993AD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#993AD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #993AD6

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##993AD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##993AD6	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F5F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #993ad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 58, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.228 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc79e4',
    500: '#993ad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #993ad6;
$custom-light: #bc79e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#993ad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.538,
    "s": 65.546,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5559,
    "c": 0.22802,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#993AD6

secondary

#AFD794

accent

#E83F81

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #993AD6

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

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