#972FA8#972FA8

#972FA8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.198 H 321.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972FA8
RGB	rgb(151, 47, 168)
HSL	hsl(292, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(292, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 72%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.31, 58.80, -43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.31, 73.38, 323.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.12% 0.1552 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(51.12% 0.198 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8461, 11.4406, 38.1484)
Luminance	0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972FA8 #40A82F

analogous

#5A2FA8 #972FA8 #A82F7D

triadic

#972FA8 #A8972F #2FA897

tetradic

#972FA8 #A85A2F #40A82F #2F7DA8

square

#972FA8 #A85A2F #40A82F #2F7DA8

split-complementary

#972FA8 #7DA82F #2FA85A

monochromatic

#411448 #6C2278 #972FA8 #B948CC #CC78D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#972FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#972FA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972FA8

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972FA8	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E63A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#994569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 47, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.198 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b972c2',
    500: '#972fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972fa8;
$custom-light: #b972c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.57,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51118,
    "c": 0.19787,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972FA8

secondary

#7DC171

accent

#E0485D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #972FA8

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

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