#BD97D8#BD97D8

#BD97D8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.100 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD97D8
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 216)
HSL	hsl(275, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 30.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, 26.22, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 38.22, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.0654 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.1 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4454, 37.9104, 69.9285)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD97D8 #B2D897

analogous

#9D97D8 #BD97D8 #D897D3

triadic

#BD97D8 #D8BD97 #97D8BD

tetradic

#BD97D8 #D89D97 #B2D897 #97D3D8

square

#BD97D8 #D89D97 #B2D897 #97D3D8

split-complementary

#BD97D8 #D3D897 #97D89D

monochromatic

#8443B2 #A16AC7 #BD97D8 #D9C4E9 #F1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BD97D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BD97D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD97D8

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD97D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD97D8	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A6D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd97d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.100 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e4',
    500: '#bd97d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd97d8;
$custom-light: #d1b6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd97d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.077,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73405,
    "c": 0.10041,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD97D8

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#B92D67

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD97D8

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

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