#972FA9#972FA9

#972FA9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.199 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#972FA9
RGB	rgb(151, 47, 169)
HSL	hsl(291, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(291, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 72.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 58.99, -44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 73.83, 323.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% 0.1552 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.199 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9396, 11.4780, 38.6410)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#972FA9 #41A92F

analogous

#5A2FA9 #972FA9 #A92F7E

triadic

#972FA9 #A9972F #2FA997

tetradic

#972FA9 #A95A2F #41A92F #2F7EA9

square

#972FA9 #A95A2F #41A92F #2F7EA9

split-complementary

#972FA9 #7EA92F #2FA95A

monochromatic

#411449 #6C2279 #972FA9 #B949CC #CB79DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#972FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#972FA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #972FA9

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##972FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##972FA9	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E63A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #972fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 47, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.199 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b972c3',
    500: '#972fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #972fa9;
$custom-light: #b972c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#972fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.148,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51181,
    "c": 0.19873,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#972FA9

secondary

#7EC272

accent

#E0485E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #972FA9

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

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