#972C8D#972C8D

#972C8D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.179 H 332.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972C8D
RGB	rgb(151, 44, 141)
HSL	hsl(306, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(306, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 6.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.38, 55.20, -30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.38, 63.13, 330.96°)
OKLab	oklab(49.24% 0.1582 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(49.24% 0.179 332)
XYZ	xyz(18.4709, 10.3052, 26.2104)
Luminance	0.1030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972C8D #2C9736

analogous

#6B2C97 #972C8D #972C58

triadic

#972C8D #8D972C #2C8D97

tetradic

#972C8D #976B2C #2C9736 #2C5897

square

#972C8D #976B2C #2C9736 #2C5897

split-complementary

#972C8D #58972C #2C976B

monochromatic

#381034 #681E61 #972C8D #C63AB9 #D46ACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#972C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#972C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972C8D

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972C8D	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#265190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D608A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D3759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 44, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.179 332.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b96fae',
    500: '#972c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972c8d;
$custom-light: #b96fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.607,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49239,
    "c": 0.1792,
    "h": 332
  },
  "luminance": 0.10304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972C8D

secondary

#65BA6D

accent

#DE574A

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F7EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#120810

muted

#817B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #972C8D

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

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