#973C8D#973C8D

#973C8D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.157 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#973C8D
RGB	rgb(151, 60, 141)
HSL	hsl(307, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(307, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 6.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, 48.51, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 55.45, 331.02°)
OKLab	oklab(50.99% 0.1388 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(50.99% 0.157 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1860, 11.7355, 26.4488)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#973C8D #3C9746

analogous

#743C97 #973C8D #973C60

triadic

#973C8D #8D973C #3C8D97

tetradic

#973C8D #97743C #3C9746 #3C6097

square

#973C8D #97743C #3C9746 #3C6097

split-complementary

#973C8D #60973C #3C9774

monochromatic

#3F193B #6B2B64 #973C8D #BB55B0 #CD81C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#973C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#973C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #973C8D

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##973C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##973C8D	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#385890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55658B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #973c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 60, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.157 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b877ae',
    500: '#973c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #973c8d;
$custom-light: #b877ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#973c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.593,
    "s": 43.128,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50988,
    "c": 0.15706,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#973C8D

secondary

#78B77F

accent

#D36355

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F6EDF4

border

#D0C8CE

text

#120910

muted

#817B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #973C8D

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

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