#972BA2#972BA2

#972BA2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.197 H 323.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972BA2
RGB	rgb(151, 43, 162)
HSL	hsl(294, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(294, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 73.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.44, 59.16, -41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.44, 72.38, 324.82°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% 0.1595 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.197 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1474, 10.9169, 35.2214)
Luminance	0.1092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972BA2 #36A22B

analogous

#5C2BA2 #972BA2 #A22B71

triadic

#972BA2 #A2972B #2BA297

tetradic

#972BA2 #A25C2B #36A22B #2B71A2

square

#972BA2 #A25C2B #36A22B #2B71A2

split-complementary

#972BA2 #71A22B #2BA25C

monochromatic

#3D1141 #6A1E72 #972BA2 #BF3ECC #CF6FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#972BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#972BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972BA2

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972BA2	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)

#0055A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41619F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A4064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 43, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.197 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b970be',
    500: '#972ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972ba2;
$custom-light: #b970be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.454,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50378,
    "c": 0.19735,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972BA2

secondary

#71C069

accent

#E14755

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F7EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #972BA2

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

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