#987CA5#987CA5

#987CA5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.068 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987CA5
RGB	rgb(152, 124, 165)
HSL	hsl(281, 19%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 25%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 24.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 18.58, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 25.73, 316.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.0482 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.068 315)
XYZ	xyz(26.9470, 23.8077, 38.7658)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987CA5 #89A57C

analogous

#847CA5 #987CA5 #A57C9E

triadic

#987CA5 #A5987C #7CA598

tetradic

#987CA5 #A5847C #89A57C #7C9EA5

square

#987CA5 #A5847C #89A57C #7C9EA5

split-complementary

#987CA5 #9EA57C #7CA584

monochromatic

#594463 #7A5D87 #987CA5 #B5A0BE #D1C5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#987CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#987CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987CA5

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987CA5	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7784A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C87A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97818A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 124, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.068 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6a2bf',
    500: '#987ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987ca5;
$custom-light: #b6a2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.976,
    "s": 18.552,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62701,
    "c": 0.06826,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.23807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987CA5

secondary

#BBC7B6

accent

#BB6D86

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #987CA5

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

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