#987AB2#987AB2

#987AB2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.089 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987AB2
RGB	rgb(152, 122, 178)
HSL	hsl(272, 27%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 31%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 31.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, 22.57, -25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 33.88, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% 0.0552 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.089 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9428, 23.8091, 45.2344)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987AB2 #94B27A

analogous

#7C7AB2 #987AB2 #B27AB0

triadic

#987AB2 #B2987A #7AB298

tetradic

#987AB2 #B27C7A #94B27A #7AB0B2

square

#987AB2 #B27C7A #94B27A #7AB0B2

split-complementary

#987AB2 #B0B27A #7AB27C

monochromatic

#5A4170 #7A5897 #987AB2 #B6A1C8 #D4C8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#987AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#987AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987AB2

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987AB2	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7085B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7686B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95828E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 122, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.089 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a0c9',
    500: '#987ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987ab2;
$custom-light: #b7a0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62867,
    "c": 0.08864,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987AB2

secondary

#C3CFB9

accent

#C36591

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110E13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #987AB2

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

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