#BD97D5#BD97D5

#BD97D5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.097 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD97D5
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 213)
HSL	hsl(277, 42%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 29.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 25.59, -26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 36.71, 314.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0646 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.097 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0611, 37.7567, 67.9045)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD97D5 #AFD597

analogous

#9E97D5 #BD97D5 #D597CE

triadic

#BD97D5 #D5BD97 #97D5BD

tetradic

#BD97D5 #D59E97 #AFD597 #97CED5

square

#BD97D5 #D59E97 #AFD597 #97CED5

split-complementary

#BD97D5 #CED597 #97D59E

monochromatic

#8446AC #A16BC3 #BD97D5 #D9C3E7 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BD97D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BD97D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD97D5

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD97D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD97D5	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd97d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.097 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e2',
    500: '#bd97d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd97d5;
$custom-light: #d1b6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd97d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.774,
    "s": 42.466,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73281,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD97D5

secondary

#E2ECDC

accent

#B63064

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD97D5

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

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