#987BC8#987BC8

#987BC8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.116 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987BC8
RGB	rgb(152, 123, 200)
HSL	hsl(263, 41%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(263, 39%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 38.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 27.12, -35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 45.05, 307.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.059 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.116 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4549, 25.0113, 57.8556)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987BC8 #ABC87B

analogous

#7B84C8 #987BC8 #BE7BC8

triadic

#987BC8 #C8987B #7BC898

tetradic

#987BC8 #C87B84 #ABC87B #7BC8BE

square

#987BC8 #C87B84 #ABC87B #7BC8BE

split-complementary

#987BC8 #C8BE7B #84C87B

monochromatic

#5A3B8E #7650B6 #987BC8 #BAA6DA #DBD1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#987BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#987BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987BC8

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987BC8	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6889CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D89C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 123, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.116 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1d9',
    500: '#987bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987bc8;
$custom-light: #b8a1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.597,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64085,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987BC8

secondary

#D3DDC2

accent

#B43183

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110F14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #987BC8

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

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