#972AA4#972AA4

#972AA4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.200 H 323.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972AA4
RGB	rgb(151, 42, 164)
HSL	hsl(294, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(294, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.44, 59.86, -42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.44, 73.65, 324.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.42% 0.1603 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(50.42% 0.2 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2907, 10.9168, 36.1532)
Luminance	0.1092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972AA4 #37A42A

analogous

#5A2AA4 #972AA4 #A42A74

triadic

#972AA4 #A4972A #2AA497

tetradic

#972AA4 #A45A2A #37A42A #2A74A4

square

#972AA4 #A45A2A #37A42A #2A74A4

split-complementary

#972AA4 #74A42A #2AA45A

monochromatic

#3D1143 #6A1E73 #972AA4 #BE3ECD #CF6EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#972AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#972AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972AA4

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972AA4	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F61A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 42, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.200 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b96fbf',
    500: '#972aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972aa4;
$custom-light: #b96fbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.607,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50416,
    "c": 0.2001,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972AA4

secondary

#72C169

accent

#E24556

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F7EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #972AA4

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

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