#BD97CC#BD97CC

#BD97CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.086 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD97CC
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 204)
HSL	hsl(283, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(283, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 26%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 23.73, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 32.25, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.062 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.086 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9503, 37.3124, 62.0544)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD97CC #A6CC97

analogous

#A397CC #BD97CC #CC97C1

triadic

#BD97CC #CCBD97 #97CCBD

tetradic

#BD97CC #CCA397 #A6CC97 #97C1CC

square

#BD97CC #CCA397 #A6CC97 #97C1CC

split-complementary

#BD97CC #C1CC97 #97CCA3

monochromatic

#864D9C #A36EB8 #BD97CC #D7C0E0 #F1E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BD97CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BD97CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD97CC

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD97CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD97CC	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd97cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.086 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6db',
    500: '#bd97cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd97cc;
$custom-light: #d1b6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd97cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.019,
    "s": 34.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72919,
    "c": 0.08583,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD97CC

secondary

#DCE7D8

accent

#AD3859

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD97CC

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

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