#972FA5#972FA5

#972FA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.195 H 322.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972FA5
RGB	rgb(151, 47, 165)
HSL	hsl(293, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(293, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 71.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.13, 58.25, -42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.13, 72.05, 323.95°)
OKLab	oklab(50.93% 0.1554 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(50.93% 0.195 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5699, 11.3301, 36.6935)
Luminance	0.1133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972FA5 #3DA52F

analogous

#5C2FA5 #972FA5 #A52F78

triadic

#972FA5 #A5972F #2FA597

tetradic

#972FA5 #A55C2F #3DA52F #2F78A5

square

#972FA5 #A55C2F #3DA52F #2F78A5

split-complementary

#972FA5 #78A52F #2FA55C

monochromatic

#401446 #6B2175 #972FA5 #BB47CB #CC76D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#972FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#972FA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972FA5

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972FA5	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4163A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 47, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.195 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b971c0',
    500: '#972fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972fa5;
$custom-light: #b971c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.881,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50929,
    "c": 0.19529,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972FA5

secondary

#79C070

accent

#DF495B

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F7EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #972FA5

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

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