#972BB9#972BB9

#972BB9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.217 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972BB9
RGB	rgb(151, 43, 185)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(286, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 76.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.91, 63.44, -53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.91, 82.68, 320.12°)
OKLab	oklab(51.89% 0.1572 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(51.89% 0.217 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3820, 11.8108, 46.9903)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972BB9 #4DB92B

analogous

#502BB9 #972BB9 #B92B94

triadic

#972BB9 #B9972B #2BB997

tetradic

#972BB9 #B9502B #4DB92B #2B94B9

square

#972BB9 #B9502B #4DB92B #2B94B9

split-complementary

#972BB9 #94B92B #2BB950

monochromatic

#461456 #6E1F87 #972BB9 #B44CD5 #C97EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#972BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#972BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972BB9

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972BB9	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B63B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 43, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.217 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba71cf',
    500: '#972bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972bb9;
$custom-light: #ba71cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.634,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51894,
    "c": 0.21687,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972BB9

secondary

#8AC976

accent

#E54269

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120814

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #972BB9

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

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