#BD96E2#BD96E2

#BD96E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.115 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD96E2
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 226)
HSL	hsl(271, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 28.92, -33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 43.95, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0694 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.115 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6175, 38.1228, 76.8920)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD96E2 #BBE296

analogous

#9796E2 #BD96E2 #E296E1

triadic

#BD96E2 #E2BD96 #96E2BD

tetradic

#BD96E2 #E29796 #BBE296 #96E1E2

square

#BD96E2 #E29796 #BBE296 #96E1E2

split-complementary

#BD96E2 #E1E296 #96E297

monochromatic

#8137C7 #9F66D5 #BD96E2 #DBC6EF #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BD96E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BD96E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD96E2

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD96E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD96E2	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd96e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.115 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b5eb',
    500: '#bd96e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd96e2;
$custom-light: #d2b5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd96e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.789,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73654,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD96E2

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C42171

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD96E2

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

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