#976DC9#976DC9

#976DC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.140 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#976DC9
RGB	rgb(151, 109, 201)
HSL	hsl(267, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(267, 46%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 45.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 35.10, -41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 54.59, 310.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.0778 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.14 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7715, 21.7337, 57.9263)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#976DC9 #9FC96D

analogous

#6D71C9 #976DC9 #C56DC9

triadic

#976DC9 #C9976D #6DC997

tetradic

#976DC9 #C96D71 #9FC96D #6DC9C5

square

#976DC9 #C96D71 #9FC96D #6DC9C5

split-complementary

#976DC9 #C9C56D #71C96D

monochromatic

#5A3389 #7743B6 #976DC9 #B79ADA #D7C6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#976DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#976DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #976DC9

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##976DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##976DC9	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#547FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #976dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 109, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.140 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b797da',
    500: '#976dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #976dc9;
$custom-light: #b797da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#976dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.391,
    "s": 46,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61556,
    "c": 0.14044,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#976DC9

secondary

#CADAB7

accent

#B92C79

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #976DC9

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

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