#993D9B#993D9B

#993D9B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.169 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#993D9B
RGB	rgb(153, 61, 155)
HSL	hsl(299, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(299, 61%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 60.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.97, 51.08, -33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.97, 61.07, 326.76°)
OKLab	oklab(52.13% 0.1414 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(52.13% 0.169 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7216, 12.4776, 32.3210)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#993D9B #3F9B3D

analogous

#6A3D9B #993D9B #9B3D6E

triadic

#993D9B #9B993D #3D9B99

tetradic

#993D9B #9B6A3D #3F9B3D #3D6E9B

square

#993D9B #9B6A3D #3F9B3D #3D6E9B

split-complementary

#993D9B #6E9B3D #3D9B6A

monochromatic

#421A43 #6E2C6F #993D9B #BB58BD #CD84CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#993D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#993D9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #993D9B

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##993D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##993D9B	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#315B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D4966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #993d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 61, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.169 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba78b9',
    500: '#993d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #993d9b;
$custom-light: #ba78b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#993d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.723,
    "s": 43.519,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52134,
    "c": 0.16892,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#993D9B

secondary

#7CB97B

accent

#D35557

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F7EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#120911

muted

#817B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #993D9B

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

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