#BD97D2#BD97D2

#BD97D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.093 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD97D2
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 210)
HSL	hsl(279, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(279, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 28.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 24.96, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 35.21, 315.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.0638 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.093 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6838, 37.6058, 65.9177)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD97D2 #ACD297

analogous

#9F97D2 #BD97D2 #D297C9

triadic

#BD97D2 #D2BD97 #97D2BD

tetradic

#BD97D2 #D29F97 #ACD297 #97C9D2

square

#BD97D2 #D29F97 #ACD297 #97C9D2

split-complementary

#BD97D2 #C9D297 #97D29F

monochromatic

#8548A7 #A26CC0 #BD97D2 #D8C2E4 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BD97D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BD97D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD97D2

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD97D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD97D2	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9EAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd97d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.093 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e0',
    500: '#bd97d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd97d2;
$custom-light: #d1b6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd97d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.644,
    "s": 39.597,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73158,
    "c": 0.09305,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD97D2

secondary

#E0EADA

accent

#B33360

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD97D2

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

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