#972AA9#972AA9

#972AA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.204 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972AA9
RGB	rgb(151, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(291, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.75, 60.77, -45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.75, 75.86, 323.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.74% 0.1599 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(50.74% 0.204 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7511, 11.1010, 38.5781)
Luminance	0.1110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972AA9 #3CA92A

analogous

#582AA9 #972AA9 #A92A7C

triadic

#972AA9 #A9972A #2AA997

tetradic

#972AA9 #A9582A #3CA92A #2A7CA9

square

#972AA9 #A9582A #3CA92A #2A7CA9

split-complementary

#972AA9 #7CA92A #2AA958

monochromatic

#3F1247 #6B1E78 #972AA9 #BB41D0 #CD72DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#972AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#972AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972AA9

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972AA9	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B62A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.204 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b96fc3',
    500: '#972aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972aa9;
$custom-light: #b96fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.496,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50736,
    "c": 0.20427,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972AA9

secondary

#78C36C

accent

#E3445B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #972AA9

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

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