#BD96DD#BD96DD

#BD96DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD96DD
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 221)
HSL	hsl(273, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 32.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 27.84, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 41.40, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% 0.0682 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.108 309)
XYZ	xyz(44.9414, 37.8524, 73.3313)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD96DD #B6DD96

analogous

#9A96DD #BD96DD #DD96D9

triadic

#BD96DD #DDBD96 #96DDBD

tetradic

#BD96DD #DD9A96 #B6DD96 #96D9DD

square

#BD96DD #DD9A96 #B6DD96 #96D9DD

split-complementary

#BD96DD #D9DD96 #96DD9A

monochromatic

#833DBC #A068CE #BD96DD #DAC4EC #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BD96DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BD96DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD96DD

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD96DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD96DD	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd96dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5e7',
    500: '#bd96dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd96dd;
$custom-light: #d1b5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd96dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.958,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73436,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.37852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD96DD

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BE276B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD96DD

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

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