#987BB5#987BB5

#987BB5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.091 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987BB5
RGB	rgb(152, 123, 181)
HSL	hsl(270, 28%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(270, 32%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 32%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 22.67, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 34.81, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.0544 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.091 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3708, 24.1777, 46.8793)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987BB5 #98B57B

analogous

#7B7BB5 #987BB5 #B57BB5

triadic

#987BB5 #B5987B #7BB598

tetradic

#987BB5 #B57B7B #98B57B #7BB5B5

square

#987BB5 #B57B7B #98B57B #7BB5B5

split-complementary

#987BB5 #B5B57B #7BB57B

monochromatic

#5B4174 #79579C #987BB5 #B7A2CB #D5C9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#987BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#987BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987BB5

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987BB5	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7086B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7687B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 123, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.091 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a1cb',
    500: '#987bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987bb5;
$custom-light: #b7a1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 28.155,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63189,
    "c": 0.09081,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987BB5

secondary

#C6D1BB

accent

#C46394

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #987BB5

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

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