#976EA5#976EA5

#976EA5 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.094 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#976EA5
RGB	rgb(151, 110, 165)
HSL	hsl(285, 23%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 33%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 33.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, 26.34, -23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 35.13, 318.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% 0.0689 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.094 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1290, 20.4484, 38.2132)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#976EA5 #7CA56E

analogous

#7C6EA5 #976EA5 #A56E98

triadic

#976EA5 #A5976E #6EA597

tetradic

#976EA5 #A57C6E #7CA56E #6E98A5

square

#976EA5 #A57C6E #7CA56E #6E98A5

split-complementary

#976EA5 #98A56E #6EA57C

monochromatic

#553A5E #775284 #976EA5 #B294BC #CDBAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#976EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#976EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #976EA5

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##976EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##976EA5	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #976ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 110, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.094 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b698c0',
    500: '#976ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #976ea5;
$custom-light: #b698c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#976ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.727,
    "s": 23.404,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5996,
    "c": 0.09373,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#976EA5

secondary

#B2C3AC

accent

#C0687E

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110D12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #976EA5

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

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