#987BB1#987BB1

#987BB1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.086 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987BB1
RGB	rgb(152, 123, 177)
HSL	hsl(272, 26%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 30.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, 21.77, -24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 32.68, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.0534 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.086 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9662, 24.0159, 44.7487)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987BB1 #94B17B

analogous

#7D7BB1 #987BB1 #B17BAF

triadic

#987BB1 #B1987B #7BB198

tetradic

#987BB1 #B17D7B #94B17B #7BAFB1

square

#987BB1 #B17D7B #94B17B #7BAFB1

split-complementary

#987BB1 #AFB17B #7BB17D

monochromatic

#5A4270 #7A5996 #987BB1 #B6A1C8 #D4C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#987BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#987BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987BB1

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987BB1	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7185B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7787AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95828E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 123, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.086 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1c8',
    500: '#987bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987bb1;
$custom-light: #b7a1c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.222,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63013,
    "c": 0.08554,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987BB1

secondary

#C3CFB9

accent

#C26690

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #987BB1

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

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