#987CB3#987CB3

#987CB3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.086 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987CB3
RGB	rgb(152, 124, 179)
HSL	hsl(271, 27%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(271, 31%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 30.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, 21.64, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 33.08, 310.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.0524 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.086 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2917, 24.3456, 45.8478)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987CB3 #97B37C

analogous

#7D7CB3 #987CB3 #B37CB3

triadic

#987CB3 #B3987C #7CB398

tetradic

#987CB3 #B37D7C #97B37C #7CB3B3

square

#987CB3 #B37D7C #97B37C #7CB3B3

split-complementary

#987CB3 #B3B37C #7CB37D

monochromatic

#5B4272 #795999 #987CB3 #B6A3C9 #D5C9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#987CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#987CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987CB3

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987CB3	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7286B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 124, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.086 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a2ca',
    500: '#987cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987cb3;
$custom-light: #b7a2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.545,
    "s": 26.57,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6329,
    "c": 0.08639,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987CB3

secondary

#C5D0BB

accent

#C36593

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #987CB3

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

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