#BD97DD#BD97DD

#BD97DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.107 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD97DD
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 221)
HSL	hsl(273, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 31.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 27.28, -30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 40.75, 312.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0667 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.107 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1016, 38.1729, 73.3847)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD97DD #B7DD97

analogous

#9A97DD #BD97DD #DD97DA

triadic

#BD97DD #DDBD97 #97DDBD

tetradic

#BD97DD #DD9A97 #B7DD97 #97DADD

square

#BD97DD #DD9A97 #B7DD97 #97DADD

split-complementary

#BD97DD #DADD97 #97DD9A

monochromatic

#823DBC #A069CE #BD97DD #DAC5EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BD97DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BD97DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD97DD

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD97DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD97DD	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd97dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.107 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e7',
    500: '#bd97dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd97dd;
$custom-light: #d1b6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd97dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73617,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD97DD

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BE276C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD97DD

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

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