#BD97CF#BD97CF

#BD97CF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.089 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD97CF
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 207)
HSL	hsl(281, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 27.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 24.34, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 33.72, 316.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0629 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.089 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3136, 37.4577, 63.9677)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD97CF #A9CF97

analogous

#A197CF #BD97CF #CF97C5

triadic

#BD97CF #CFBD97 #97CFBD

tetradic

#BD97CF #CFA197 #A9CF97 #97C5CF

square

#BD97CF #CFA197 #A9CF97 #97C5CF

split-complementary

#BD97CF #C5CF97 #97CFA1

monochromatic

#854AA1 #A26DBC #BD97CF #D8C1E2 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BD97CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#BD97CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD97CF

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD97CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD97CF	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd97cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.089 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6dd',
    500: '#bd97cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd97cf;
$custom-light: #d1b6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd97cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.714,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73038,
    "c": 0.08942,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD97CF

secondary

#DEE9D9

accent

#B0365D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD97CF

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

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