#987E9C#987E9C

#987E9C is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.054 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987E9C
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 156)
HSL	hsl(292, 13%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(292, 19%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 19.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 15.56, -12.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 19.84, 321.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.0421 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.054 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4097, 23.9979, 34.6869)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987E9C #829C7E

analogous

#897E9C #987E9C #9C7E91

triadic

#987E9C #9C987E #7E9C98

tetradic

#987E9C #9C897E #829C7E #7E919C

square

#987E9C #9C897E #829C7E #7E919C

split-complementary

#987E9C #919C7E #7E9C89

monochromatic

#57455A #79607D #987E9C #B4A1B7 #CFC3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#987E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#987E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987E9C

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987E9C	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81879B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.054 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6a3b9',
    500: '#987e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987e9c;
$custom-light: #b6a3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62743,
    "c": 0.05353,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987E9C

secondary

#B6C1B5

accent

#B6727B

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F6

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F11

muted

#807F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #987E9C

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

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