#974EE3#974EE3

#974EE3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.217 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#974EE3
RGB	rgb(151, 78, 227)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 65.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 57.88, -64.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 86.45, 312.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% 0.117 -0.1825)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.217 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3488, 17.5741, 74.5041)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#974EE3 #9AE34E

analogous

#4E50E3 #974EE3 #E24EE3

triadic

#974EE3 #E3974E #4EE397

tetradic

#974EE3 #E34E50 #9AE34E #4EE3E2

square

#974EE3 #E34E50 #9AE34E #4EE3E2

split-complementary

#974EE3 #E3E24E #50E34E

monochromatic

#5A199E #7821D3 #974EE3 #B683EB #D5B8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#974EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#974EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #974EE3

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##974EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##974EE3	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D74E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#886F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #974ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 78, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.217 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb84ed',
    500: '#974ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #974ee3;
$custom-light: #bb84ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#974ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.396,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58544,
    "c": 0.21679,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#974EE3

secondary

#C7E3AA

accent

#EF3896

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#120B16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #974EE3

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

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