#973BD6#973BD6

#973BD6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.226 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#973BD6
RGB	rgb(151, 59, 214)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 72.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 63.43, -63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 89.54, 315.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.1381 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.226 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4615, 14.5626, 65.0222)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#973BD6 #7AD63B

analogous

#493BD6 #973BD6 #D63BC7

triadic

#973BD6 #D6973B #3BD697

tetradic

#973BD6 #D6493B #7AD63B #3BC7D6

square

#973BD6 #D6493B #7AD63B #3BC7D6

split-complementary

#973BD6 #C7D63B #3BD649

monochromatic

#551A7D #7725AF #973BD6 #B26EE1 #CDA0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#973BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#973BD6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #973BD6

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##973BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##973BD6	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D5F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #973bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 59, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.226 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb79e4',
    500: '#973bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #973bd6;
$custom-light: #bb79e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#973bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.613,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55443,
    "c": 0.22639,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#973BD6

secondary

#B0D895

accent

#E83F84

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #973BD6

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

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