#972EA9#972EA9

#972EA9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.200 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972EA9
RGB	rgb(151, 46, 169)
HSL	hsl(291, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(291, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 72.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.24, 59.36, -44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.24, 74.25, 323.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.09% 0.1562 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(51.09% 0.2 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9001, 11.3990, 38.6278)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972EA9 #40A92E

analogous

#5A2EA9 #972EA9 #A92E7D

triadic

#972EA9 #A9972E #2EA997

tetradic

#972EA9 #A95A2E #40A92E #2E7DA9

square

#972EA9 #A95A2E #40A92E #2E7DA9

split-complementary

#972EA9 #7DA92E #2EA95A

monochromatic

#411449 #6C2179 #972EA9 #B947CD #CC77DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#972EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#972EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972EA9

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972EA9	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D63A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 46, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.200 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b971c3',
    500: '#972ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972ea9;
$custom-light: #b971c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.22,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51089,
    "c": 0.19988,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972EA9

secondary

#7DC271

accent

#E0475E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #972EA9

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

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