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#932a96

a dark, vivid magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Dark Magenta

Token name suggestion: Forest Ruby

RGB
147, 42, 150
HSL
298°, 56%, 38%
CMYK
2, 72, 0, 41
Luminance
0.1006

#932a96 is a dark vivid magenta / pink, 298° on the wheel and 51/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (6.97:1). As text it scores 6.97:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Magenta, nearest Tailwind family is purple.

hsl(298 56% 38%)rgb(147 42 150)Base step 700AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #932a96 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#932a96
Hue
298°
magenta / pink
Saturation
56%
vivid
Lightness
38%
dark
Brightness
59%
HSV value
Perceived
39%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1006
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
51/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
6.97:1
Closest name
Dark Magenta
ΔE2000 4.7
Chroma
67.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.490
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
purple
500 · ΔE 18.3
Web-safe
#993399
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue298° of 360°
Saturation56%
Lightness38%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #932a96.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool51% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red62%
Green16%
Blue22%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#932a96
HEX (8-digit)#932a96ff
RGBrgb(147, 42, 150)
RGBArgba(147, 42, 150, 1)
HSLhsl(298, 56%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(298, 72%, 59%)
HWBhwb(298 16% 41%)
CMYKcmyk(2%, 72%, 0%, 41%)
LABlab(38.0 56.5 -36.9)
LCHlch(38.0 67.5 326.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.490 0.187 326.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(18.37, 10.06, 29.82)
Decimal9644694
Display P3color(display-p3 0.576 0.165 0.588)
Web-safe#993399

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #932a96;
background-color: #932a96;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #932a96;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#932a96] bg-[#932a96]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #932a96;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.576, green: 0.165, blue: 0.588)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.576, green: 0.165, blue: 0.588, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#932A96</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF932A96)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF932A96)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(150, 42, 147)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(147, 42, 150)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(147, 42, 150)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 147, 42, 150)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5765f, 0.1647f, 0.5882f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{147,42,150}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #932a96 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #932a96 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#621C64, #EDD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #932a96 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FBF4FB;
  --brand-100: #F6E9F6;
  --brand-200: #EDCDEE;
  --brand-300: #E5A7E6;
  --brand-400: #D87BDA;
  --brand-500: #CA50CE;
  --brand-600: #BB35BF;
  --brand-700: #932a96;
  --brand-800: #7D2480;
  --brand-900: #5B1E5D;
  --brand-950: #39123A;
  --brand: #932a96;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #EBC0ED;
  --brand-hover: #77227A;
  --brand-pressed: #5C1A5E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241424;
    --brand-ink: #EDD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4FB',
        100: '#F6E9F6',
        200: '#EDCDEE',
        300: '#E5A7E6',
        400: '#D87BDA',
        500: '#CA50CE',
        600: '#BB35BF',
        700: '#932a96',
        800: '#7D2480',
        900: '#5B1E5D',
        950: '#39123A',
        DEFAULT: '#932a96',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4FB,
  '100': #F6E9F6,
  '200': #EDCDEE,
  '300': #E5A7E6,
  '400': #D87BDA,
  '500': #CA50CE,
  '600': #BB35BF,
  '700': #932a96,
  '800': #7D2480,
  '900': #5B1E5D,
  '950': #39123A,
);
$brand-base: #932a96;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6E9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EDCDEE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E5A7E6", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D87BDA", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#CA50CE", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#BB35BF", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#932a96", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7D2480", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5B1E5D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#39123A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

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 #932a96 · 6.97:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 6.97:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.01:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #932a96 as text scores 6.97:1 on white and 3.01:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F9EBF9 at 6.07:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#932a96 · 6.97:1
AA on whitealready passes
#932a96
The quick fox
#8F2992 · 7.24:1
AAA on white−1% L
#8F2992
The quick fox
#BE36C2 · 4.50:1
AA on black+11% L
#BE36C2
The quick fox
#D572D8 · 7.23:1
AAA on black+27% L
#D572D8

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #932A96 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#932a96 on white: 6.97:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#932a96 on black: 3.01:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #932a96 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #932a96.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White6.97:1AaAa
Slate 506.66:1AaAa
Slate 1006.36:1AaAa
Slate 2005.66:1AaAa
Slate 3004.70:1AaAa
Slate 4002.72:1AaAa
Slate 5001.46:1AaAa
Slate 6001.09:1AaAa
Slate 7001.49:1AaAa
Slate 8002.10:1AaAa
Slate 9002.56:1AaAa
Black3.01:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #135199
deuteranopia · #445E93
tritanopia · #973B5D

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #932a96 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBF4FB
#F6E9F6
#EDCDEE
#E5A7E6
#D87BDA
#CA50CE
#BB35BF
#932a96
#7D2480
#5B1E5D
#39123A
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #FBF4FBDarkest = 950 · #39123AText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.047 326.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.075 326.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.112 326.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.146 326.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.172 326.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.187 326.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.187 326.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.175 326.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.157 326.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.131 326.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.103 326.8);
}

Colors that work with #932a96

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#FAF4FA
Tinted page background
Border#EBC0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#994B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#469A26
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#621C64
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9EBF9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241424
Dark-mode background
Hover#77227A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5C1A5E
Two steps down
Disabled#AD81AF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#AC24B0
Offset from the fill so it reads
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

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #932a96

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
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

expressiveyouthfulwarmconfident

Pink is the fastest way to signal that a product is not another enterprise dashboard. It carries beauty, fashion and culture brands.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Strong gendered associations in some markets — test it with the audience you actually have.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight62/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

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#2D962A
Analogous left#5D2A96
Analogous right#962A63
Split-complement 1#63962A
Split-complement 2#2A965D
Triadic 1#96932A
Triadic 2#2A9693
Tetradic#965D2A
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°298°

#932a96 sits at 298°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red57.6%
Green16.5%
Blue58.8%
R · 0–255
147
0x93
G · 0–255
42
0x2a
B · 0–255
150
0x96

CMYK percentages

Cyan2.0%
Magenta72.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)41.2%

Total ink coverage is 115%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#932a96 text on a black background

contrast 3.01:1

Card sample

#932a96 text on a white background

contrast 6.97:1

Card sample

#932a96 on grey

6.36:1

#932a96 on its own surface

6.44:1

#932a96 on its dark surface

2.51:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #932a96;
Background color
Panel with #932a96 background
background-color: #932a96;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #932a96;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(147, 42, 150, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(147, 42, 150, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #932a96;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #932a96, #962A51);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #932a96, #962A36);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #932a96;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #932a96;
caret-color: #932a96;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #932a96;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9EBF9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #932a96;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#932a96 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #932a96 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(147, 42, 150, 0.5)
rgb(147 42 150 / 50%)
#932a9680
hsl(298 56% 38% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #932a96 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#932a961a#F4EAF5
20%#932a9633#E9D4EA
40%#932a9666#D4AAD5
60%#932a9699#BE7FC0
80%#932a96cc#A955AB

Gradients from #932a96

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #C237C6, #932a96 45%, #621C64);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #932a96, #7E233C);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #932a96, #2D962A);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #CA4ECE 0%, #932a96 45%, #621C64 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #6A35BE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #AE3168 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #621C64 0%, transparent 65%), #932a96;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #932a96

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

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.

#932a96 in the real world

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

Industries
BeautyFashionLifestyleYouth brands
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.01:1 — lift it to #BE36C2 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#932a96, answered

What color is #932a96?

#932a96 is a dark vivid magenta / pink, closest to Dark Magenta (ΔE2000 4.7). It sits at 298° on the hue wheel with 56% saturation and 38% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #932a96?

rgb(147, 42, 150) — 147 red, 42 green and 150 blue out of 255, or 57.6% / 16.5% / 58.8% by channel.

What is #932a96 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(298, 56%, 38%) and hsv(298, 72%, 59%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #932a96 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1006 and perceived brightness is 39%, so white text on it reaches 6.97:1.

Should I use black or white text on #932a96?

White. It scores 6.97:1 against #932a96, versus 3.01:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #932a96 accessible on a white background?

#932a96 on white scores 6.97:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #932a96?

#2D962A sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #63962A and #2A965D, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #932a96?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #EBC0ED for borders, #994B9B for secondary text, #469A26 as an accent and #621C64 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #5D2A96 and #962A63 stays calm, while #2D962A is the loudest partner.

What is #932a96 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(2%, 72%, 0%, 41%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #932a96 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 51 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #962A71; nudged cooler, #6C2898.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #932a96?

The purple family — its 500 step is #a855f7, ΔE2000 18.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #932a96 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #932a96 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#932a96] or text-[#932a96], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #932a96 with 50% opacity?

rgba(147, 42, 150, 0.5), or #932a9680 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C995CB; over black, #4A154B.

Is #932a96 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #993399, ΔE2000 2.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #932a96 mean?

As a magenta / pink, it reads expressive, youthful, warm. Pink is the fastest way to signal that a product is not another enterprise dashboard. It carries beauty, fashion and culture brands. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #932a96?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C237C6, #932a96 45%, #621C64). For more colour, a short hue run to #7E233C keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #932a96 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #932a96 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.