#972BA9#972BA9

#972BA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.203 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972BA9
RGB	rgb(151, 43, 169)
HSL	hsl(291, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(291, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 74.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.87, 60.43, -45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.87, 75.47, 323.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.82% 0.159 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(50.82% 0.203 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7870, 11.1728, 38.5901)
Luminance	0.1117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972BA9 #3DA92B

analogous

#582BA9 #972BA9 #A92B7C

triadic

#972BA9 #A9972B #2BA997

tetradic

#972BA9 #A9582B #3DA92B #2B7CA9

square

#972BA9 #A9582B #3DA92B #2B7CA9

split-complementary

#972BA9 #7CA92B #2BA958

monochromatic

#401247 #6B1F78 #972BA9 #BB42CF #CC73DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#972BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#972BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972BA9

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972BA9	1.00	6.49	3.23	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	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: #972ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 43, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.203 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b970c3',
    500: '#972ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972ba9;
$custom-light: #b970c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50822,
    "c": 0.2032,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972BA9

secondary

#79C36D

accent

#E3455C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #972BA9

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

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