#BD97D4#BD97D4

#BD97D4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.095 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD97D4
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 212)
HSL	hsl(277, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 28.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 25.38, -25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 36.21, 314.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.0643 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.095 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9346, 37.7061, 67.2381)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD97D4 #AED497

analogous

#9E97D4 #BD97D4 #D497CC

triadic

#BD97D4 #D4BD97 #97D4BD

tetradic

#BD97D4 #D49E97 #AED497 #97CCD4

square

#BD97D4 #D49E97 #AED497 #97CCD4

split-complementary

#BD97D4 #CCD497 #97D49E

monochromatic

#8546AA #A26CC2 #BD97D4 #D8C2E6 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BD97D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BD97D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD97D4

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD97D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD97D4	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd97d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.095 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e1',
    500: '#bd97d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd97d4;
$custom-light: #d1b6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd97d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.377,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7324,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD97D4

secondary

#E1EBDB

accent

#B53163

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD97D4

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

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