#972DB3#972DB3

#972DB3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.210 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972DB3
RGB	rgb(151, 45, 179)
HSL	hsl(287, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(287, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 74.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.75, 61.60, -49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.75, 79.17, 321.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.1562 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.21 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8364, 11.7118, 43.7495)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972DB3 #49B32D

analogous

#542DB3 #972DB3 #B32D8C

triadic

#972DB3 #B3972D #2DB397

tetradic

#972DB3 #B3542D #49B32D #2D8CB3

square

#972DB3 #B3542D #49B32D #2D8CB3

split-complementary

#972DB3 #8CB32D #2DB354

monochromatic

#441451 #6E2182 #972DB3 #B64BD2 #CA7CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#972DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#972DB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972DB3

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972DB3	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	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: #972db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 45, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.210 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba71ca',
    500: '#972db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972db3;
$custom-light: #ba71ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.463,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51654,
    "c": 0.20961,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972DB3

secondary

#86C775

accent

#E34566

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#120813

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #972DB3

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

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