#993E9A#993E9A

#993E9A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.167 H 327.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#993E9A
RGB	rgb(153, 62, 154)
HSL	hsl(299, 43%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(299, 60%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 59.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.08, 50.44, -32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.08, 60.11, 327.05°)
OKLab	oklab(52.2% 0.14 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(52.2% 0.167 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6919, 12.5519, 31.8985)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#993E9A #3F9A3E

analogous

#6B3E9A #993E9A #9A3E6D

triadic

#993E9A #9A993E #3E9A99

tetradic

#993E9A #9A6B3E #3F9A3E #3E6D9A

square

#993E9A #9A6B3E #3F9A3E #3E6D9A

split-complementary

#993E9A #6D9A3E #3E9A6B

monochromatic

#421B43 #6E2C6E #993E9A #BB59BC #CD85CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#993E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#993E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #993E9A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##993E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##993E9A	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#335C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D4A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #993e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 62, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.167 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba79b8',
    500: '#993e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #993e9a;
$custom-light: #ba79b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#993e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.348,
    "s": 42.593,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52201,
    "c": 0.16654,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#993E9A

secondary

#7CB87C

accent

#D25557

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#120911

muted

#817B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #993E9A

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

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