#BD97CD#BD97CD

#BD97CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.087 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD97CD
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(282, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 23.93, -22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 32.74, 316.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% 0.0623 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.087 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0706, 37.3605, 62.6881)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD97CD #A7CD97

analogous

#A297CD #BD97CD #CD97C2

triadic

#BD97CD #CDBD97 #97CDBD

tetradic

#BD97CD #CDA297 #A7CD97 #97C2CD

square

#BD97CD #CDA297 #A7CD97 #97C2CD

split-complementary

#BD97CD #C2CD97 #97CDA2

monochromatic

#854C9E #A36EB9 #BD97CD #D7C0E1 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BD97CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BD97CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD97CD

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD97CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD97CD	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd97cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.087 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6dc',
    500: '#bd97cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd97cd;
$custom-light: #d1b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd97cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.222,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72958,
    "c": 0.08702,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD97CD

secondary

#DDE8D8

accent

#AE385B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD97CD

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

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