#987BC9#987BC9

#987BC9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.117 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987BC9
RGB	rgb(152, 123, 201)
HSL	hsl(262, 42%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(262, 39%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 38.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, 27.36, -36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 45.60, 306.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% 0.0592 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.118 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5721, 25.0582, 58.4731)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987BC9 #ACC97B

analogous

#7B85C9 #987BC9 #BF7BC9

triadic

#987BC9 #C9987B #7BC998

tetradic

#987BC9 #C97B85 #ACC97B #7BC9BF

square

#987BC9 #C97B85 #ACC97B #7BC9BF

split-complementary

#987BC9 #C9BF7B #85C97B

monochromatic

#5A3B8F #7650B7 #987BC9 #BAA6DB #DCD2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#987BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#987BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987BC9

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987BC9	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6789CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D89C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 123, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.117 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a1d9',
    500: '#987bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987bc9;
$custom-light: #b8a1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.308,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64134,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987BC9

secondary

#D3DEC2

accent

#B53084

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110F15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #987BC9

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

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