#987BAE#987BAE

#987BAE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.082 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987BAE
RGB	rgb(152, 123, 174)
HSL	hsl(274, 24%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 29%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 29.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 21.10, -22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 31.10, 312.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0525 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.082 310)
XYZ	xyz(27.6705, 23.8976, 43.1912)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987BAE #91AE7B

analogous

#7E7BAE #987BAE #AE7BAA

triadic

#987BAE #AE987B #7BAE98

tetradic

#987BAE #AE7E7B #91AE7B #7BAAAE

square

#987BAE #AE7E7B #91AE7B #7BAAAE

split-complementary

#987BAE #AAAE7B #7BAE7E

monochromatic

#5A426C #7A5A92 #987BAE #B6A1C5 #D3C7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#987BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#987BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987BAE

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987BAE	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7285B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7887AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96828D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 123, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.082 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1c6',
    500: '#987bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987bae;
$custom-light: #b7a1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.118,
    "s": 23.944,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62883,
    "c": 0.08162,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.23897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987BAE

secondary

#C1CDB8

accent

#C0678E

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #987BAE

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

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