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#930fda

a balanced, electric violet · cool · closest name: Dark Violet

RGB
147, 15, 218
HSL
279°, 87%, 46%
CMYK
33, 93, 0, 15
Luminance
0.1161

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #930fda is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#930fda
Hue
279°
violet
Saturation
87%
electric
Lightness
46%
balanced
Brightness
85%
HSV value
Perceived
43%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1161
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
62/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
6.32:1
Closest name
Dark Violet
ΔE2000 1.3
Where it sits
Hue279° of 360°
Saturation87%
Lightness46%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool62% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Every format

HEX#930fda
RGBrgb(147, 15, 218)
HSLhsl(279, 87%, 46%)
CMYKcmyk(33%, 93%, 0%, 15%)
LABlab(40.6 75.8 -72.8)
LCHlch(40.6 105.1 316.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.523 0.261 307.5)
Decimal9637850
Display P3color(display-p3 0.576 0.059 0.855)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #930fda;
background-color: #930fda;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#930fda] bg-[#930fda]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #930fda;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.576, green: 0.059, blue: 0.855)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#930fda")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF930FDA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(218, 15, 147)

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #930fda · 6.32:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
White text · 6.32:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.32:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #930fda as text scores 6.32:1 on white and 3.32:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#930fda on white: 6.32:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#930fda on black: 3.32:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #005CDF
deuteranopia · #0060D7
tritanopia · #875281

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #930fda is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F2FD
#F3E5FA
#E6C4F7
#D696F8
#C162F4
#AC2DF1
#930fda
#810DBF
#670B99
#4C0C6E
#2F0845
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F9F2FDDarkest = 950 · #2F0845
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9F2FD;
  --brand-100: #F3E5FA;
  --brand-200: #E6C4F7;
  --brand-300: #D696F8;
  --brand-400: #C162F4;
  --brand-500: #AC2DF1;
  --brand-600: #930fda;
  --brand-700: #810DBF;
  --brand-800: #670B99;
  --brand-900: #4C0C6E;
  --brand-950: #2F0845;
  --brand: #930fda;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
}

Colors that work with #930fda

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F8F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#DDC0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#7F4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#79C309
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#500877
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6E7FD
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1F1424
Dark-mode background
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

How to use #930fda

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#56DA0F
Analogous left#2D0FDA
Analogous right#DA0FBC
Split-complement 1#BCDA0F
Split-complement 2#0FDA2D
Triadic 1#DA930F
Triadic 2#0FDA93
Tetradic#DA2D0F

RGB percentages

Red57.6%
Green5.9%
Blue85.5%

CMYK percentages

Cyan32.6%
Magenta93.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)14.5%

Color previews

#930fda text on a black background

contrast 3.32:1

Card sample

#930fda text on a white background

contrast 6.32:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #930fda;
Background color
Panel with #930fda background
background-color: #930fda;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #930fda;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(147, 15, 218, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(147, 15, 218, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #930fda;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #930fda, #DA0F9A);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #930fda

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#930fda in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

#930fda, answered

What color is #930fda?

#930fda is a balanced electric violet, closest to Dark Violet (ΔE2000 1.3). It sits at 279° on the hue wheel with 87% saturation and 46% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #930fda?

rgb(147, 15, 218) — 147 red, 15 green and 218 blue out of 255, or 57.6% / 5.9% / 85.5% by channel.

Is #930fda a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1161 and perceived brightness is 43%, so white text on it reaches 6.32:1.

Should I use black or white text on #930fda?

White. It scores 6.32:1 against #930fda, versus 3.32:1 for black — AA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #930fda?

#56DA0F sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BCDA0F and #0FDA2D, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #930fda?

For interface work: #F8F4FA as the surface, #DDC0ED for borders, #7F4B9B for secondary text, #79C309 as an accent and #500877 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #2D0FDA and #DA0FBC stays calm, while #56DA0F is the loudest partner.

What is #930fda in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(33%, 93%, 0%, 15%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #930fda warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 62 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DA0FD7; nudged cooler, #480DDC.

Work with #930fda in the Color Lab