#987AE6#987AE6

#987AE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.158 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987AE6
RGB	rgb(152, 122, 230)
HSL	hsl(257, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 47%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, 35.21, -50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 61.89, 304.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.0652 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.158 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1877, 26.3070, 78.1241)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987AE6 #C8E67A

analogous

#7A92E6 #987AE6 #CE7AE6

triadic

#987AE6 #E6987A #7AE698

tetradic

#987AE6 #E67A92 #C8E67A #7AE6CE

square

#987AE6 #E67A92 #C8E67A #7AE6CE

split-complementary

#987AE6 #E6CE7A #92E67A

monochromatic

#5024C1 #7046DC #987AE6 #C0AEF0 #E8E1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#987AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#987AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987AE6

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987AE6	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#558DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 122, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.158 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a1ee',
    500: '#987ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987ae6;
$custom-light: #b9a1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 68.354,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65503,
    "c": 0.15757,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987AE6

secondary

#E5EECE

accent

#D0159C

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #987AE6

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

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