#987EA0#987EA0

#987EA0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.058 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987EA0
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 160)
HSL	hsl(286, 15%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(286, 21%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 21.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, 16.38, -14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 21.81, 318.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.0435 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.058 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7540, 24.1356, 36.5001)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987EA0 #86A07E

analogous

#877EA0 #987EA0 #A07E97

triadic

#987EA0 #A0987E #7EA098

tetradic

#987EA0 #A0877E #86A07E #7E97A0

square

#987EA0 #A0877E #86A07E #7E97A0

split-complementary

#987EA0 #97A07E #7EA087

monochromatic

#58455E #795F81 #987EA0 #B4A1BA #D0C4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#987EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#987EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987EA0

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987EA0	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A85A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98828A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.058 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6a3bc',
    500: '#987ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987ea0;
$custom-light: #b6a3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 15.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62895,
    "c": 0.05832,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987EA0

secondary

#B9C4B6

accent

#B87081

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F6

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #987EA0

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

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