#987BB3#987BB3

#987BB3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.088 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987BB3
RGB	rgb(152, 123, 179)
HSL	hsl(271, 27%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(271, 31%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 31.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, 22.21, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 33.75, 311.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.0539 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.088 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1670, 24.0962, 45.8062)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987BB3 #96B37B

analogous

#7C7BB3 #987BB3 #B37BB2

triadic

#987BB3 #B3987B #7BB398

tetradic

#987BB3 #B37C7B #96B37B #7BB2B3

square

#987BB3 #B37C7B #96B37B #7BB2B3

split-complementary

#987BB3 #B2B37B #7BB37C

monochromatic

#5B4272 #7A5899 #987BB3 #B6A2C9 #D5C9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#987BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#987BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987BB3

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987BB3	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7185B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7787B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95838F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 123, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.088 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1ca',
    500: '#987bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987bb3;
$custom-light: #b7a1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.071,
    "s": 26.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63101,
    "c": 0.08816,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987BB3

secondary

#C5D0BA

accent

#C36592

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #987BB3

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

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