#993B8A#993B8A

#993B8A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.157 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#993B8A
RGB	rgb(153, 59, 138)
HSL	hsl(310, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(310, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 9.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, 49.02, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 55.04, 332.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.142 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.157 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2884, 11.7367, 25.2893)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#993B8A #3B994A

analogous

#793B99 #993B8A #993B5B

triadic

#993B8A #8A993B #3B8A99

tetradic

#993B8A #99793B #3B994A #3B5B99

square

#993B8A #99793B #3B994A #3B5B99

split-complementary

#993B8A #5B993B #3B9979

monochromatic

#41193A #6D2A62 #993B8A #BD54AC #CE80C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#993B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#993B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #993B8A

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##993B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##993B8A	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A578C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #993b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 59, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.157 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba77ac',
    500: '#993b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #993b8a;
$custom-light: #ba77ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#993b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.574,
    "s": 44.34,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51006,
    "c": 0.15746,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#993B8A

secondary

#78B882

accent

#D46854

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F7EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#120910

muted

#817B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #993B8A

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

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