#976EA4#976EA4

#976EA4 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.093 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#976EA4
RGB	rgb(151, 110, 164)
HSL	hsl(286, 23%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(286, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 32.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 26.13, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 34.63, 318.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% 0.0686 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.093 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0383, 20.4121, 37.7357)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#976EA4 #7BA46E

analogous

#7C6EA4 #976EA4 #A46E96

triadic

#976EA4 #A4976E #6EA497

tetradic

#976EA4 #A47C6E #7BA46E #6E96A4

square

#976EA4 #A47C6E #7BA46E #6E96A4

split-complementary

#976EA4 #96A46E #6EA47C

monochromatic

#553A5D #775283 #976EA4 #B294BC #CDB9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#976EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#976EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #976EA4

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##976EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##976EA4	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #976ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 110, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.093 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b698bf',
    500: '#976ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #976ea4;
$custom-light: #b698bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#976ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.556,
    "s": 22.881,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59916,
    "c": 0.09254,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#976EA4

secondary

#B1C2AB

accent

#BF687D

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #976EA4

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

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