#972EB2#972EB2

#972EB2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.208 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972EB2
RGB	rgb(151, 46, 178)
HSL	hsl(288, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(288, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 74.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, 61.05, -49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 78.31, 321.23°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% 0.1554 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.208 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7743, 11.7487, 43.2316)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972EB2 #49B22E

analogous

#552EB2 #972EB2 #B22E8B

triadic

#972EB2 #B2972E #2EB297

tetradic

#972EB2 #B2552E #49B22E #2E8BB2

square

#972EB2 #B2552E #49B22E #2E8BB2

split-complementary

#972EB2 #8BB22E #2EB255

monochromatic

#441551 #6E2181 #972EB2 #B64CD1 #CA7DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#972EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#972EB2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972EB2

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972EB2	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3564AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96496E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 46, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.208 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba72ca',
    500: '#972eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972eb2;
$custom-light: #ba72ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.727,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51676,
    "c": 0.20767,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972EB2

secondary

#86C676

accent

#E24666

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#120813

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #972EB2

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