#973BC9#973BC9

#973BC9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.214 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#973BC9
RGB	rgb(151, 59, 201)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 70.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.13, 60.63, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.13, 83.33, 316.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.52% 0.14 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(54.52% 0.214 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8671, 13.9249, 56.6248)
Luminance	0.1392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#973BC9 #6DC93B

analogous

#503BC9 #973BC9 #C93BB4

triadic

#973BC9 #C9973B #3BC997

tetradic

#973BC9 #C9503B #6DC93B #3BB4C9

square

#973BC9 #C9503B #6DC93B #3BB4C9

split-complementary

#973BC9 #B4C93B #3BC950

monochromatic

#501E6C #742B9C #973BC9 #B06BD6 #CA9BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#973BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#973BC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #973BC9

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##973BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##973BC9	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#256AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#905A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #973bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 59, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.214 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba79da',
    500: '#973bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #973bc9;
$custom-light: #ba79da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#973bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.873,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54515,
    "c": 0.21387,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#973BC9

secondary

#A7CF90

accent

#E0487D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F7EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #973BC9

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

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