#BD98CD#BD98CD

#BD98CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.085 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD98CD
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(282, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 23.38, -21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 32.08, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.0608 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.085 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2323, 37.6838, 62.7420)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD98CD #A8CD98

analogous

#A298CD #BD98CD #CD98C3

triadic

#BD98CD #CDBD98 #98CDBD

tetradic

#BD98CD #CDA298 #A8CD98 #98C3CD

square

#BD98CD #CDA298 #A8CD98 #98C3CD

split-complementary

#BD98CD #C3CD98 #98CDA2

monochromatic

#854D9E #A36FB9 #BD98CD #D7C1E1 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BD98CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BD98CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD98CD

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD98CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD98CD	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd98cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.085 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6dc',
    500: '#bd98cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd98cd;
$custom-light: #d1b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd98cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.887,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73143,
    "c": 0.08524,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD98CD

secondary

#DDE8D9

accent

#AD385B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD98CD

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

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