#987A9E#987A9E

#987A9E is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.063 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987A9E
RGB	rgb(152, 122, 158)
HSL	hsl(290, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 22.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 18.28, -14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 23.58, 320.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.0491 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.063 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0792, 23.0636, 35.4190)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987A9E #809E7A

analogous

#867A9E #987A9E #9E7A92

triadic

#987A9E #9E987A #7A9E98

tetradic

#987A9E #9E867A #809E7A #7A929E

square

#987A9E #9E867A #809E7A #7A929E

split-complementary

#987A9E #929E7A #7A9E86

monochromatic

#57425B #795C7F #987A9E #B39DB8 #CFC1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#987A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#987A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987A9E

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987A9E	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76829F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 122, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.063 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6a0ba',
    500: '#987a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987a9e;
$custom-light: #b6a0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 15.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62036,
    "c": 0.06347,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987A9E

secondary

#B5C1B2

accent

#B86F7C

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110E11

muted

#807E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #987A9E

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

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