#973BAE#973BAE

#973BAE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.188 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#973BAE
RGB	rgb(151, 59, 174)
HSL	hsl(288, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(288, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 66.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.41, 55.09, -44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.41, 70.58, 321.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.74% 0.142 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(52.74% 0.188 319)
XYZ	xyz(21.9654, 12.7642, 41.3429)
Luminance	0.1276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#973BAE #52AE3B

analogous

#5D3BAE #973BAE #AE3B8B

triadic

#973BAE #AE973B #3BAE97

tetradic

#973BAE #AE5D3B #52AE3B #3B8BAE

square

#973BAE #AE5D3B #52AE3B #3B8BAE

split-complementary

#973BAE #8BAE3B #3BAE5D

monochromatic

#481C53 #6F2C80 #973BAE #B35EC8 #C98CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#973BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#973BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #973BAE

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##973BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##973BAE	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#135EB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4267AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #973bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 59, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.188 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b978c7',
    500: '#973bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #973bae;
$custom-light: #b978c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#973bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52735,
    "c": 0.18817,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.12763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#973BAE

secondary

#8FC282

accent

#D94F6B

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#120913

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #973BAE

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

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