Color

#93717A

Muted warm magenta. Nearest reference color: Mountbatten pink.

color HEX #93717A on paletico.com

RGB

0–255
147
113
122

CMYK

0–100%
0%
23.13%
17.01%
42.35%

RGB describes how #93717A is represented with light on digital screens. This color combines red 147, green 113 and blue 122.

CMYK describes the same color using the four components commonly used in printing: cyan 0%, magenta 23.13%, yellow 17.01% and black 42.35%.

HSL values

H 344.12° S 13.6% L 50.98%

In the HSL color model, #93717A has a hue of 344.12°, 13.6% saturation and 50.98% lightness. The sliders below show where this color sits across each of these three dimensions.

Hue 344.12°
Saturation 13.6%
Lightness 50.98%

Color insight

#93717A is a medium, warm magenta with muted chroma.

Temperature
Warm
Lightness
Medium
Chroma
Muted

Color formats

Copy #93717A in a format ready to use in CSS, design tools or other applications.

HEX #93717A
RGB rgb(147, 113, 122)
HSL hsl(344.12 13.6% 50.98%)
OKLCH oklch(0.584781 0.044616 1.0033)
CSS --color: #93717A;

Tints of #93717A

Tints are lighter variations of #93717A. They keep the character of the original color while moving progressively toward a lighter appearance.

Shades of #93717A

Shades are darker variations of #93717A. Moving toward black increases visual depth while preserving the underlying hue of the color.

Tones of #93717A

Tones reduce the chroma of #93717A, producing quieter and more muted variations without simply making the color lighter or darker.

Tonal range of #93717A

A continuous light-to-dark scale places #93717A between its lighter tints and deeper shades.

CSS color scale

Use this tonal range as reusable CSS custom properties.

:root {
    --color-100: #FFE8ED;
    --color-200: #EBC5CF;
    --color-300: #CDA8B2;
    --color-400: #AF8C95;
    --color-500: #93717A;
    --color-600: #705059;
    --color-700: #4F313A;
    --color-800: #2F151D;
    --color-900: #120105;
}

Colors that go with #93717A

Color harmonies for #93717A are generated by rotating its hue in the OKLCH color space while preserving its lightness and chroma. This creates classic complementary, analogous, triadic and other hue relationships with more consistent perceptual balance.

Complementary

Opposite on the color wheel, creating the strongest direct hue contrast.

Analogous

Neighboring hues that stay visually close to the original color.

Triadic

Three evenly spaced hues that create a broader, balanced color relationship.

Split complementary

Two hues around the complementary color, providing contrast with more variation.

Tetradic

Four related hues forming two complementary pairs on the color wheel.

CSS gradients with #93717A

These gradients show how #93717A moves toward white, black and its complementary color. Each gradient includes ready-to-use CSS that can be copied directly into a project.

Toward white

A light gradient that moves from the original color toward white.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #93717A, #AE939A, #C8B6BA, #E4DADC, #FFFFFF);

Toward black

A dark gradient that moves from the original color toward black.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #93717A, #624B51, #36272B, #0E090A, #000000);

Toward the complementary color

A gradient connecting the original color with its complementary hue.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #93717A, #937466, #867B5D, #708268, #5E857D);

Text contrast and accessibility

Contrast determines how clearly text can be distinguished from #93717A. The values below compare white and black text using WCAG contrast ratios.

White text
4.30:1
AA normal Fail AA large Pass AAA normal Fail
Black text
4.88:1
AA normal Pass AA large Pass AAA normal Fail

Recommended text color: #000000 . Relative luminance: 0.1942 .

Accessible CSS

Use the recommended text color with #93717A as the background.

background-color: #93717A;
color: #000000;

Using #93717A in design

See how #93717A works in a simple interface. The examples below use the color as a background, accent and interface element, with text chosen from its accessibility result.

Background
Paletico Color in context

#93717A used as a full background with its recommended text color.

Accent
Accent color

Use #93717A to emphasize selected interface elements without filling the entire surface.

Example action
Tonal pair
#EBC5CF
#93717A
#2F151D

Colors similar to #93717A

These nearby colors are generated from perceptual variations of #93717A, including changes in lightness, chroma and hue.

Color vision simulation

The simulations below show mathematical approximations of how #93717A may shift under three forms of color vision deficiency. They are simulations, not a diagnosis or an exact representation of any individual person's vision.

Simulation based on the model by Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009), published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2009.113.

Advanced color values

Beyond RGB, CMYK and HSL, #93717A can also be represented in perceptual and device-independent color spaces used in color science and modern design tools.

XYZ

X
21.4506
Y
19.4193
Z
21.027

CIELAB

L*
51.1742
a*
14.8743
b*
0.2146

OKLab

L
0.584781
a
0.044609
b
0.000781

OKLCH

L
0.584781
C
0.044616
H
1.0033°