#987C9E#987C9E

#987C9E is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.060 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987C9E
RGB	rgb(152, 124, 158)
HSL	hsl(289, 15%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 22%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 17.12, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 22.20, 320.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.0459 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.06 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3273, 23.5598, 35.5017)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987C9E #829E7C

analogous

#877C9E #987C9E #9E7C93

triadic

#987C9E #9E987C #7C9E98

tetradic

#987C9E #9E877C #829E7C #7C939E

square

#987C9E #9E877C #829E7C #7C939E

split-complementary

#987C9E #939E7C #7C9E87

monochromatic

#57445C #795E7F #987C9E #B49FB8 #CFC2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#987C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#987C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987C9E

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987C9E	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 124, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.060 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6a2ba',
    500: '#987c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987c9e;
$custom-light: #b6a2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 14.912,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62425,
    "c": 0.05968,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987C9E

secondary

#B6C2B4

accent

#B8707D

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110F11

muted

#807E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #987C9E

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

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