#987CA9#987CA9

#987CA9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.073 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987CA9
RGB	rgb(152, 124, 169)
HSL	hsl(277, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(277, 27%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, 19.43, -19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 27.80, 314.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% 0.0495 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.073 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3168, 23.9556, 40.7133)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987CA9 #8DA97C

analogous

#827CA9 #987CA9 #A97CA4

triadic

#987CA9 #A9987C #7CA998

tetradic

#987CA9 #A9827C #8DA97C #7CA4A9

square

#987CA9 #A9827C #8DA97C #7CA4A9

split-complementary

#987CA9 #A4A97C #7CA982

monochromatic

#5A4467 #7A5C8C #987CA9 #B5A1C1 #D2C6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#987CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#987CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987CA9

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987CA9	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7585AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B87A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97828C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 124, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.073 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6a2c2',
    500: '#987ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987ca9;
$custom-light: #b6a2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.333,
    "s": 20.737,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62864,
    "c": 0.07334,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987CA9

secondary

#BEC9B7

accent

#BD6A8A

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #987CA9

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

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