#972CA4#972CA4

#972CA4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.198 H 323.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972CA4
RGB	rgb(151, 44, 164)
HSL	hsl(294, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(294, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.69, 59.16, -42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.69, 72.86, 324.30°)
OKLab	oklab(50.59% 0.1584 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(50.59% 0.198 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3634, 11.0622, 36.1774)
Luminance	0.1106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972CA4 #39A42C

analogous

#5B2CA4 #972CA4 #A42C75

triadic

#972CA4 #A4972C #2CA497

tetradic

#972CA4 #A45B2C #39A42C #2C75A4

square

#972CA4 #A45B2C #39A42C #2C75A4

split-complementary

#972CA4 #75A42C #2CA45B

monochromatic

#3E1243 #6B1F74 #972CA4 #BD41CC #CE71D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#972CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#972CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972CA4

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972CA4	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4062A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994266

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 44, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.198 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b970bf',
    500: '#972ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972ca4;
$custom-light: #b970bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50591,
    "c": 0.1979,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972CA4

secondary

#75C06B

accent

#E14758

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F7EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #972CA4

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

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