#972CA5#972CA5

#972CA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.199 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972CA5
RGB	rgb(151, 44, 165)
HSL	hsl(293, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(293, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 73.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.75, 59.34, -43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.75, 73.30, 324.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.65% 0.1583 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(50.65% 0.199 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4540, 11.0985, 36.6549)
Luminance	0.1110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972CA5 #3AA52C

analogous

#5A2CA5 #972CA5 #A52C76

triadic

#972CA5 #A5972C #2CA597

tetradic

#972CA5 #A55A2C #3AA52C #2C76A5

square

#972CA5 #A55A2C #3AA52C #2C76A5

split-complementary

#972CA5 #76A52C #2CA55A

monochromatic

#3F1244 #6B1F75 #972CA5 #BC42CD #CD72D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#972CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#972CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972CA5

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972CA5	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F62A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994266

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 44, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.199 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b970c0',
    500: '#972ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972ca5;
$custom-light: #b970c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.058,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50654,
    "c": 0.19874,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972CA5

secondary

#76C16C

accent

#E14759

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F7EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #972CA5

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

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