#972E8A#972E8A

#972E8A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.174 H 333.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972E8A
RGB	rgb(151, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(307, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(307, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 8.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.50, 53.95, -28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.50, 61.08, 332.05°)
OKLab	oklab(49.27% 0.1558 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(49.27% 0.174 333.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3270, 10.3698, 25.0761)
Luminance	0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972E8A #2E973B

analogous

#6F2E97 #972E8A #972E55

triadic

#972E8A #8A972E #2E8A97

tetradic

#972E8A #976F2E #2E973B #2E5597

square

#972E8A #976F2E #2E973B #2E5597

split-complementary

#972E8A #55972E #2E976F

monochromatic

#391134 #68205F #972E8A #C43EB4 #D26DC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#972E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#972E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972E8A

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972E8A	1.00	6.83	3.07	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B518D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E3758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.174 333.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b970ac',
    500: '#972e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972e8a;
$custom-light: #b970ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.429,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4927,
    "c": 0.17437,
    "h": 333.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972E8A

secondary

#67BA71

accent

#DD5D4B

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F7EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#120810

muted

#817B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #972E8A

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