#BD97D7#BD97D7

#BD97D7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.099 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD97D7
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 215)
HSL	hsl(276, 44%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 29.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 26.01, -27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 37.71, 313.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0652 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.099 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3165, 37.8589, 69.2497)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD97D7 #B1D797

analogous

#9D97D7 #BD97D7 #D797D1

triadic

#BD97D7 #D7BD97 #97D7BD

tetradic

#BD97D7 #D79D97 #B1D797 #97D1D7

square

#BD97D7 #D79D97 #B1D797 #97D1D7

split-complementary

#BD97D7 #D1D797 #97D79D

monochromatic

#8444B0 #A16BC6 #BD97D7 #D9C3E8 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BD97D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BD97D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD97D7

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD97D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD97D7	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9FAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd97d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.099 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e3',
    500: '#bd97d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd97d7;
$custom-light: #d1b6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd97d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.625,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73364,
    "c": 0.09918,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD97D7

secondary

#E3EDDD

accent

#B82E66

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD97D7

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

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