#972AA8#972AA8

#972AA8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.203 H 321.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972AA8
RGB	rgb(151, 42, 168)
HSL	hsl(292, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(292, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 75%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.69, 60.59, -44.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.69, 75.41, 323.46°)
OKLab	oklab(50.67% 0.16 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(50.67% 0.203 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6576, 11.0636, 38.0856)
Luminance	0.1106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#972AA8 #3BA82A

analogous

#582AA8 #972AA8 #A82A7A

triadic

#972AA8 #A8972A #2AA897

tetradic

#972AA8 #A8582A #3BA82A #2A7AA8

square

#972AA8 #A8582A #3BA82A #2A7AA8

split-complementary

#972AA8 #7AA82A #2AA858

monochromatic

#3F1246 #6B1E77 #972AA8 #BC40CF #CD71DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#972AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#972AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972AA8

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972AA8	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B61A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994267

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 42, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.203 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b96fc2',
    500: '#972aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972aa8;
$custom-light: #b96fc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.905,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50672,
    "c": 0.20343,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972AA8

secondary

#77C36B

accent

#E3455A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #972AA8

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

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