#BD97CE#BD97CE

#BD97CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.088 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD97CE
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 206)
HSL	hsl(281, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 26.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 24.14, -22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 33.23, 316.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0626 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.088 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1917, 37.4090, 63.3259)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD97CE #A8CE97

analogous

#A297CE #BD97CE #CE97C3

triadic

#BD97CE #CEBD97 #97CEBD

tetradic

#BD97CE #CEA297 #A8CE97 #97C3CE

square

#BD97CE #CEA297 #A8CE97 #97C3CE

split-complementary

#BD97CE #C3CE97 #97CEA2

monochromatic

#854B9F #A36DBA #BD97CE #D7C1E2 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BD97CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BD97CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD97CE

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD97CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD97CE	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd97ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.088 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6dd',
    500: '#bd97ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd97ce;
$custom-light: #d1b6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd97ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.455,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.08821,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD97CE

secondary

#DDE8D9

accent

#AF375C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD97CE

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

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