#973C8A#973C8A

#973C8A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.155 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#973C8A
RGB	rgb(151, 60, 138)
HSL	hsl(309, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(309, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 8.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.65, 48.00, -25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.65, 54.24, 332.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.84% 0.1384 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(50.84% 0.155 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9659, 11.6474, 25.2891)
Luminance	0.1165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#973C8A #3C9749

analogous

#773C97 #973C8A #973C5D

triadic

#973C8A #8A973C #3C8A97

tetradic

#973C8A #97773C #3C9749 #3C5D97

square

#973C8A #97773C #3C9749 #3C5D97

split-complementary

#973C8A #5D973C #3C9777

monochromatic

#3F193A #6B2B62 #973C8A #BB55AD #CD81C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#973C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#973C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #973C8A

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##973C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##973C8A	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A578C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #973c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 60, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.155 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b877ac',
    500: '#973c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #973c8a;
$custom-light: #b877ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#973c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 43.128,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50837,
    "c": 0.15457,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#973C8A

secondary

#78B781

accent

#D36755

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#120910

muted

#817B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #973C8A

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

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