#972BA5#972BA5

#972BA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.200 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972BA5
RGB	rgb(151, 43, 165)
HSL	hsl(293, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(293, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 73.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.62, 59.70, -43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.62, 73.70, 324.10°)
OKLab	oklab(50.57% 0.1593 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(50.57% 0.2 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4172, 11.0249, 36.6426)
Luminance	0.1102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972BA5 #39A52B

analogous

#5A2BA5 #972BA5 #A52B76

triadic

#972BA5 #A5972B #2BA597

tetradic

#972BA5 #A55A2B #39A52B #2B76A5

square

#972BA5 #A55A2B #39A52B #2B76A5

split-complementary

#972BA5 #76A52B #2BA55A

monochromatic

#3E1244 #6B1E74 #972BA5 #BD40CD #CE71DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#972BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#972BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972BA5

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972BA5	1.00	6.55	3.20	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E61A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994266

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 43, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.200 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b970c0',
    500: '#972ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972ba5;
$custom-light: #b970c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.115,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50566,
    "c": 0.19984,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972BA5

secondary

#75C16B

accent

#E24658

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F7EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #972BA5

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

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