#987E9A#987E9A

#987E9A is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.051 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987E9A
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 154)
HSL	hsl(296, 12%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(296, 18%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, 15.15, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 18.88, 323.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.0414 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.051 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2417, 23.9307, 33.8023)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987E9A #809A7E

analogous

#8A7E9A #987E9A #9A7E8E

triadic

#987E9A #9A987E #7E9A98

tetradic

#987E9A #9A8A7E #809A7E #7E8E9A

square

#987E9A #9A8A7E #809A7E #7E8E9A

split-complementary

#987E9A #8E9A7E #7E9A8A

monochromatic

#574558 #79607B #987E9A #B3A0B5 #CFC3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#987E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#987E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987E9A

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987E9A	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)

#7C849B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.051 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6a3b7',
    500: '#987e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987e9a;
$custom-light: #b6a3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 12.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62669,
    "c": 0.05122,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987E9A

secondary

#B5C0B4

accent

#B57377

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F6

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #987E9A

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

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