#972FA6#972FA6

#972FA6 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.196 H 322.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972FA6
RGB	rgb(151, 47, 166)
HSL	hsl(292, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(292, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 71.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.19, 58.43, -42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.19, 72.49, 323.71°)
OKLab	oklab(50.99% 0.1553 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(50.99% 0.196 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6612, 11.3667, 37.1747)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972FA6 #3EA62F

analogous

#5C2FA6 #972FA6 #A62F7A

triadic

#972FA6 #A6972F #2FA697

tetradic

#972FA6 #A65C2F #3EA62F #2F7AA6

square

#972FA6 #A65C2F #3EA62F #2F7AA6

split-complementary

#972FA6 #7AA62F #2FA65C

monochromatic

#401447 #6C2176 #972FA6 #BA47CB #CC77D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#972FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#972FA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972FA6

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972FA6	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4063A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 47, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.196 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b972c1',
    500: '#972fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972fa6;
$custom-light: #b972c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.437,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50992,
    "c": 0.19615,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972FA6

secondary

#7AC170

accent

#DF495C

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F7EDF7

border

#D0C8D0

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #972FA6

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

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