#973D8D#973D8D

#973D8D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.156 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#973D8D
RGBrgb(151, 61, 141)
HSLhsl(307, 42%, 42%)
HSVhsv(307, 60%, 59%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 59.6%, 6.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LABlab(40.96, 48.04, -26.61)
CIE-LCHlch(40.96, 54.92, 331.02°)
OKLaboklab(51.11% 0.1375 -0.0727)
OKLCHoklch(51.11% 0.156 332.1)
XYZxyz(19.2389, 11.8413, 26.4664)
Luminance0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#973D8D #3D9747
analogous
#743D97 #973D8D #973D60
triadic
#973D8D #8D973D #3D8D97
tetradic
#973D8D #97743D #3D9747 #3D6097
square
#973D8D #97743D #3D9747 #3D6097
split-complementary
#973D8D #60973D #3D9774
monochromatic
#401A3C #6B2B64 #973D8D #BB56B0 #CC82C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24
#973D8D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37
#973D8D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #973D8D
6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##973D8D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##973D8D1.006.243.376.24
#FFFFFF6.241.0021.001.00
#0000003.3721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.241.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3A588F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#56658B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9D445F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #973d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 61, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.156 332.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b878ae',
    500: '#973d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #973d8d;
$custom-light: #b878ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#973d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 42.453,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51113,
    "c": 0.15552,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#973D8D
secondary
#79B780
accent
#D26356
background
#FBF7FA
surface
#F6EEF4
border
#D0C9CE
text
#120910
muted
#817B7F

Preview Lab

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#973D8D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva