#993C8E#993C8E

#993C8E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.159 H 332.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#993C8E
RGB	rgb(153, 60, 142)
HSL	hsl(307, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(307, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.15, 49.24, -26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.15, 56.11, 331.35°)
OKLab	oklab(51.33% 0.1412 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(51.33% 0.159 332.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6352, 11.9584, 26.8600)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#993C8E #3C9947

analogous

#763C99 #993C8E #993C60

triadic

#993C8E #8E993C #3C8E99

tetradic

#993C8E #99763C #3C9947 #3C6099

square

#993C8E #99763C #3C9947 #3C6099

split-complementary

#993C8E #60993C #3C9976

monochromatic

#411A3C #6D2B65 #993C8E #BD56B0 #CE82C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#993C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#993C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #993C8E

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##993C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##993C8E	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#395991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57668C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #993c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 60, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.159 332.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba78af',
    500: '#993c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #993c8e;
$custom-light: #ba78af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#993c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.097,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51327,
    "c": 0.15921,
    "h": 332.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#993C8E

secondary

#79B880

accent

#D36354

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EEF4

border

#D0C9CE

text

#120910

muted

#817B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #993C8E

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

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