#987DB4#987DB4

#987DB4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.086 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987DB4
RGB	rgb(152, 125, 180)
HSL	hsl(269, 27%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(269, 31%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 30.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, 21.28, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 32.95, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.0512 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.086 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5192, 24.6381, 46.4244)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987DB4 #99B47D

analogous

#7D7EB4 #987DB4 #B47DB4

triadic

#987DB4 #B4987D #7DB498

tetradic

#987DB4 #B47D7E #99B47D #7DB4B4

square

#987DB4 #B47D7E #99B47D #7DB4B4

split-complementary

#987DB4 #B4B47D #7EB47D

monochromatic

#5B4374 #79599B #987DB4 #B7A4CA #D5CBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#987DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#987DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987DB4

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987DB4	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7387B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7888B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 125, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.086 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3ca',
    500: '#987db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987db4;
$custom-light: #b7a3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.455,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63525,
    "c": 0.08594,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987DB4

secondary

#C7D1BC

accent

#C36595

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F3F8

border

#D0CDD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #987DB4

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

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