#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
RGB	rgb(151, 61, 141)
HSL	hsl(307, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(307, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 6.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.96, 48.04, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.96, 54.92, 331.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% 0.1375 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.156 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2389, 11.8413, 26.4664)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##973D8D	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #973D8D

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

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