#987E97#987E97

#987E97 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.048 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987E97
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 151)
HSL	hsl(302, 11%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(302, 17%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 0.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, 14.56, -9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 17.47, 326.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.0403 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.048 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9950, 23.8320, 32.5028)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987E97 #7E987F

analogous

#8C7E98 #987E97 #987E8A

triadic

#987E97 #97987E #7E9798

tetradic

#987E97 #988C7E #7E987F #7E8A98

square

#987E97 #988C7E #7E987F #7E8A98

split-complementary

#987E97 #8A987E #7E988C

monochromatic

#574556 #796078 #987E97 #B3A0B2 #CEC2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#987E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#987E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987E97

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987E97	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.048 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6a3b5',
    500: '#987e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987e97;
$custom-light: #b6a3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.308,
    "s": 11.207,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62559,
    "c": 0.04788,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987E97

secondary

#B3BEB4

accent

#B47674

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F6

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #987E97

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

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