#BD97E2#BD97E2

#BD97E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.113 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD97E2
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 226)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 33.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 28.37, -32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 43.31, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.068 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.113 307)
XYZ	xyz(45.7777, 38.4434, 76.9454)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD97E2 #BCE297

analogous

#9897E2 #BD97E2 #E297E2

triadic

#BD97E2 #E2BD97 #97E2BD

tetradic

#BD97E2 #E29897 #BCE297 #97E2E2

square

#BD97E2 #E29897 #BCE297 #97E2E2

split-complementary

#BD97E2 #E2E297 #97E298

monochromatic

#8038C7 #9F67D5 #BD97E2 #DBC7EF #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BD97E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BD97E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD97E2

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD97E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD97E2	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd97e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.113 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b6eb',
    500: '#bd97e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd97e2;
$custom-light: #d2b6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd97e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.4,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73833,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.38443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD97E2

secondary

#E5F0DB

accent

#C42272

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD97E2

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

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