#BD98DD#BD98DD

#BD98DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.105 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD98DD
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 221)
HSL	hsl(272, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 31.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 26.73, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 40.11, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0653 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.105 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2632, 38.4961, 73.4386)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD98DD #B8DD98

analogous

#9A98DD #BD98DD #DD98DA

triadic

#BD98DD #DDBD98 #98DDBD

tetradic

#BD98DD #DD9A98 #B8DD98 #98DADD

square

#BD98DD #DD9A98 #B8DD98 #98DADD

split-complementary

#BD98DD #DADD98 #98DD9A

monochromatic

#823EBC #A06ACE #BD98DD #DAC6EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BD98DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BD98DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD98DD

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD98DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD98DD	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd98dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.105 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e7',
    500: '#bd98dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd98dd;
$custom-light: #d1b6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd98dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.174,
    "s": 50.365,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73797,
    "c": 0.10492,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD98DD

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BE286D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD98DD

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

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