#973EA9#973EA9

#973EA9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.179 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#973EA9
RGB	rgb(151, 62, 169)
HSL	hsl(290, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(290, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 63.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.60, 52.76, -40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.60, 66.73, 322.25°)
OKLab	oklab(52.78% 0.1385 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(52.78% 0.179 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6457, 12.8902, 38.8763)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#973EA9 #50A93E

analogous

#623EA9 #973EA9 #A93E85

triadic

#973EA9 #A9973E #3EA997

tetradic

#973EA9 #A9623E #50A93E #3E85A9

square

#973EA9 #A9623E #50A93E #3E85A9

split-complementary

#973EA9 #85A93E #3EA962

monochromatic

#471D4F #6F2E7C #973EA9 #B460C5 #C98CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#973EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#973EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #973EA9

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##973EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##973EA9	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4868A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#984F6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #973ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 62, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.179 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b879c3',
    500: '#973ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #973ea9;
$custom-light: #b879c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#973ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.907,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5278,
    "c": 0.17931,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#973EA9

secondary

#8DC083

accent

#D65268

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#120912

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #973EA9

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

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