#972AA5#972AA5

#972AA5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.201 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972AA5
RGB	rgb(151, 42, 165)
HSL	hsl(293, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(293, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 74.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.50, 60.04, -43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.50, 74.09, 324.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.48% 0.1602 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(50.48% 0.201 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3813, 10.9531, 36.6306)
Luminance	0.1095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972AA5 #38A52A

analogous

#5A2AA5 #972AA5 #A52A75

triadic

#972AA5 #A5972A #2AA597

tetradic

#972AA5 #A55A2A #38A52A #2A75A5

square

#972AA5 #A55A2A #38A52A #2A75A5

split-complementary

#972AA5 #75A52A #2AA55A

monochromatic

#3E1143 #6A1E74 #972AA5 #BE3ECE #CE6FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#972AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#972AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972AA5

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972AA5	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E61A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 42, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.201 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b96fc0',
    500: '#972aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972aa5;
$custom-light: #b96fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.171,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5048,
    "c": 0.20093,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972AA5

secondary

#73C169

accent

#E34557

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F7EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #972AA5

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

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