#BD97E6#BD97E6

#BD97E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.118 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD97E6
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 230)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(269, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 34.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 29.25, -34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 45.36, 310.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.069 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.118 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3330, 38.6655, 79.8699)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD97E6 #C0E697

analogous

#9799E6 #BD97E6 #E597E6

triadic

#BD97E6 #E6BD97 #97E6BD

tetradic

#BD97E6 #E69799 #C0E697 #97E6E5

square

#BD97E6 #E69799 #C0E697 #97E6E5

split-complementary

#BD97E6 #E6E597 #99E697

monochromatic

#7E34CE #9E66DA #BD97E6 #DCC8F2 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BD97E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BD97E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD97E6

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD97E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD97E6	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd97e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.118 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b6ee',
    500: '#bd97e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd97e6;
$custom-light: #d2b6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd97e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.861,
    "s": 61.24,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7401,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD97E6

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C91D76

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD97E6

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

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