#972CB3#972CB3

#972CB3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.211 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972CB3
RGB	rgb(151, 44, 179)
HSL	hsl(288, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(288, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 75.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.63, 61.95, -49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.63, 79.56, 321.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.57% 0.1571 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(51.57% 0.211 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7987, 11.6364, 43.7369)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972CB3 #48B32C

analogous

#542CB3 #972CB3 #B32C8B

triadic

#972CB3 #B3972C #2CB397

tetradic

#972CB3 #B3542C #48B32C #2C8BB3

square

#972CB3 #B3542C #48B32C #2C8BB3

split-complementary

#972CB3 #8BB32C #2CB354

monochromatic

#441451 #6E2082 #972CB3 #B64AD2 #CA7BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#972CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#972CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972CB3

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972CB3	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3363B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96496E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 44, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.211 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba71ca',
    500: '#972cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972cb3;
$custom-light: #ba71ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.556,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51568,
    "c": 0.21067,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972CB3

secondary

#85C774

accent

#E44465

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#120813

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #972CB3

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

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