#972FA3#972FA3

#972FA3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.194 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972FA3
RGB	rgb(151, 47, 163)
HSL	hsl(294, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(294, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 71.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.01, 57.88, -41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.01, 71.16, 324.43°)
OKLab	oklab(50.81% 0.1554 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(50.81% 0.194 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3893, 11.2579, 35.7423)
Luminance	0.1126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972FA3 #3BA32F

analogous

#5D2FA3 #972FA3 #A32F75

triadic

#972FA3 #A3972F #2FA397

tetradic

#972FA3 #A35D2F #3BA32F #2F75A3

square

#972FA3 #A35D2F #3BA32F #2F75A3

split-complementary

#972FA3 #75A32F #2FA35D

monochromatic

#3F1444 #6B2173 #972FA3 #BC46CA #CD75D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#972FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#972FA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972FA3

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972FA3	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0756A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4262A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A4366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 47, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.194 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b971bf',
    500: '#972fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972fa3;
$custom-light: #b971bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.793,
    "s": 55.238,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50805,
    "c": 0.19359,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972FA3

secondary

#77BF6F

accent

#DF4959

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F7EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #972FA3

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

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