#987AE3#987AE3

#987AE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.154 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987AE3
RGB	rgb(152, 122, 227)
HSL	hsl(257, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(257, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 46.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, 34.44, -49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 60.28, 304.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.0648 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.154 295)
XYZ	xyz(33.7701, 26.1400, 75.9245)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987AE3 #C5E37A

analogous

#7A90E3 #987AE3 #CC7AE3

triadic

#987AE3 #E3987A #7AE398

tetradic

#987AE3 #E37A90 #C5E37A #7AE3CC

square

#987AE3 #E37A90 #C5E37A #7AE3CC

split-complementary

#987AE3 #E3CC7A #90E37A

monochromatic

#5227BB #7147D8 #987AE3 #BFADEE #E6DFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#987AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#987AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987AE3

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987AE3	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#578DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8AE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 122, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.154 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1ec',
    500: '#987ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987ae3;
$custom-light: #b9a1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65334,
    "c": 0.15364,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.26141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987AE3

secondary

#E3ECCD

accent

#CD1899

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #987AE3

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

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