#987BB2#987BB2

#987BB2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.087 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987BB2
RGB	rgb(152, 123, 178)
HSL	hsl(272, 26%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(272, 31%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 30.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 21.99, -24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 33.21, 311.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% 0.0536 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.087 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0662, 24.0559, 45.2755)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987BB2 #95B27B

analogous

#7D7BB2 #987BB2 #B27BB1

triadic

#987BB2 #B2987B #7BB298

tetradic

#987BB2 #B27D7B #95B27B #7BB1B2

square

#987BB2 #B27D7B #95B27B #7BB1B2

split-complementary

#987BB2 #B1B27B #7BB27D

monochromatic

#5B4271 #7A5897 #987BB2 #B6A2C9 #D4C8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#987BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#987BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987BB2

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987BB2	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7185B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7787B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95838F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 123, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.087 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1c9',
    500: '#987bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987bb2;
$custom-light: #b7a1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63056,
    "c": 0.08686,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987BB2

secondary

#C4CFBA

accent

#C36591

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #987BB2

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

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