#972CA9#972CA9

#972CA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.202 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972CA9
RGB	rgb(151, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(291, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(291, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.99, 60.08, -45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.99, 75.07, 323.16°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% 0.1581 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.202 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8238, 11.2464, 38.6023)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972CA9 #3EA92C

analogous

#592CA9 #972CA9 #A92C7D

triadic

#972CA9 #A9972C #2CA997

tetradic

#972CA9 #A9592C #3EA92C #2C7DA9

square

#972CA9 #A9592C #3EA92C #2C7DA9

split-complementary

#972CA9 #7DA92C #2CA959

monochromatic

#401348 #6C1F78 #972CA9 #BA44CE #CC74DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#972CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#972CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972CA9

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972CA9	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C62A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.202 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b970c3',
    500: '#972ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972ca9;
$custom-light: #b970c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.36,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50909,
    "c": 0.20212,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972CA9

secondary

#7AC36E

accent

#E2465C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #972CA9

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

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