#BD97C8#BD97C8

#BD97C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.081 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD97C8
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(287, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(287, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 22.92, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 30.31, 319.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% 0.0608 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.081 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4767, 37.1230, 59.5602)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD97C8 #A2C897

analogous

#A597C8 #BD97C8 #C897BB

triadic

#BD97C8 #C8BD97 #97C8BD

tetradic

#BD97C8 #C8A597 #A2C897 #97BBC8

square

#BD97C8 #C8A597 #A2C897 #97BBC8

split-complementary

#BD97C8 #BBC897 #97C8A5

monochromatic

#864F96 #A46FB3 #BD97C8 #D6BFDD #F0E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BD97C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BD97C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD97C8

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD97C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD97C8	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#91A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9CA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd97c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.081 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6d8',
    500: '#bd97c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd97c8;
$custom-light: #d1b6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd97c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.531,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72764,
    "c": 0.08115,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD97C8

secondary

#D9E5D6

accent

#AA3C55

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD97C8

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

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