#BD98CF#BD98CF

#BD98CF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.088 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD98CF
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 207)
HSL	hsl(280, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 26.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 23.79, -22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 33.07, 316.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0614 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.088 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4752, 37.7809, 64.0216)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD98CF #AACF98

analogous

#A198CF #BD98CF #CF98C5

triadic

#BD98CF #CFBD98 #98CFBD

tetradic

#BD98CF #CFA198 #AACF98 #98C5CF

square

#BD98CF #CFA198 #AACF98 #98C5CF

split-complementary

#BD98CF #C5CF98 #98CFA1

monochromatic

#854BA1 #A26EBC #BD98CF #D8C2E2 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BD98CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BD98CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD98CF

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD98CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD98CF	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd98cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.088 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6dd',
    500: '#bd98cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd98cf;
$custom-light: #d1b6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd98cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.364,
    "s": 36.424,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73221,
    "c": 0.08764,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD98CF

secondary

#DFE9DA

accent

#AF365E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD98CF

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

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