#972AAA#972AAA

#972AAA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.205 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972AAA
RGB	rgb(151, 42, 170)
HSL	hsl(291, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(291, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 75.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.81, 60.95, -45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.81, 76.30, 323.02°)
OKLab	oklab(50.8% 0.1599 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(50.8% 0.205 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8453, 11.1387, 39.0744)
Luminance	0.1114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972AAA #3DAA2A

analogous

#572AAA #972AAA #AA2A7D

triadic

#972AAA #AA972A #2AAA97

tetradic

#972AAA #AA572A #3DAA2A #2A7DAA

square

#972AAA #AA572A #3DAA2A #2A7DAA

split-complementary

#972AAA #7DAA2A #2AAA57

monochromatic

#401248 #6B1E79 #972AAA #BB41D0 #CC72DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#972AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#972AAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972AAA

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972AAA	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A62A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 42, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.205 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b96fc4',
    500: '#972aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972aaa;
$custom-light: #b96fc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.094,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50801,
    "c": 0.20512,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972AAA

secondary

#79C36C

accent

#E4445C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#120813

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #972AAA

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

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