#BD97D6#BD97D6

#BD97D6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.098 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD97D6
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 214)
HSL	hsl(276, 43%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 25.80, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 37.21, 313.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0649 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.098 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1884, 37.8076, 68.5750)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD97D6 #B0D697

analogous

#9E97D6 #BD97D6 #D697D0

triadic

#BD97D6 #D6BD97 #97D6BD

tetradic

#BD97D6 #D69E97 #B0D697 #97D0D6

square

#BD97D6 #D69E97 #B0D697 #97D0D6

split-complementary

#BD97D6 #D0D697 #97D69E

monochromatic

#8445AE #A16BC5 #BD97D6 #D9C3E7 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BD97D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BD97D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD97D6

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD97D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD97D6	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA3D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9FAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd97d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.098 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e2',
    500: '#bd97d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd97d6;
$custom-light: #d1b6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd97d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.19,
    "s": 43.448,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73322,
    "c": 0.09793,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD97D6

secondary

#E3ECDC

accent

#B72F65

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD97D6

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

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