#BD97C7#BD97C7

#BD97C7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.080 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD97C7
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 199)
HSL	hsl(288, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(288, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 24.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 22.72, -19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 29.83, 319.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.0605 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.08 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3602, 37.0764, 58.9467)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD97C7 #A1C797

analogous

#A597C7 #BD97C7 #C797B9

triadic

#BD97C7 #C7BD97 #97C7BD

tetradic

#BD97C7 #C7A597 #A1C797 #97B9C7

square

#BD97C7 #C7A597 #A1C797 #97B9C7

split-complementary

#BD97C7 #B9C797 #97C7A5

monochromatic

#865094 #A46FB2 #BD97C7 #D6BFDC #EFE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BD97C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BD97C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD97C7

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD97C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD97C7	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9CA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd97c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.080 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6d8',
    500: '#bd97c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd97c7;
$custom-light: #d1b6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd97c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.5,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72725,
    "c": 0.07999,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD97C7

secondary

#D9E4D6

accent

#A93D53

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD97C7

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

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