#973BC8#973BC8

#973BC8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.213 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#973BC8
RGB	rgb(151, 59, 200)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 70.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.06, 60.42, -56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.06, 82.86, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(54.45% 0.1401 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(54.45% 0.213 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7498, 13.8780, 56.0073)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#973BC8 #6CC83B

analogous

#503BC8 #973BC8 #C83BB2

triadic

#973BC8 #C8973B #3BC897

tetradic

#973BC8 #C8503B #6CC83B #3BB2C8

square

#973BC8 #C8503B #6CC83B #3BB2C8

split-complementary

#973BC8 #B2C83B #3BC850

monochromatic

#501E6B #742B9A #973BC8 #B06BD5 #CA9BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#973BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#973BC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #973BC8

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##973BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##973BC8	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#266AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#915A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #973bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 59, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.213 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba79d9',
    500: '#973bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #973bc8;
$custom-light: #ba79d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#973bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.149,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54446,
    "c": 0.21292,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#973BC8

secondary

#A6CF90

accent

#DF487D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F7EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #973BC8

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

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