#987EA4#987EA4

#987EA4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.063 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987EA4
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 164)
HSL	hsl(281, 17%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 23%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 23.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 17.21, -16.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 23.84, 316.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.0448 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.063 315)
XYZ	xyz(27.1095, 24.2778, 38.3727)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987EA4 #8AA47E

analogous

#857EA4 #987EA4 #A47E9D

triadic

#987EA4 #A4987E #7EA498

tetradic

#987EA4 #A4857E #8AA47E #7E9DA4

square

#987EA4 #A4857E #8AA47E #7E9DA4

split-complementary

#987EA4 #9DA47E #7EA485

monochromatic

#594562 #7A5F86 #987EA4 #B5A2BD #D1C6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#987EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#987EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987EA4

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987EA4	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7986A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98828B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.063 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6a3bf',
    500: '#987ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987ea4;
$custom-light: #b6a3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 17.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63051,
    "c": 0.06329,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.24277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987EA4

secondary

#BCC7B7

accent

#BA6E86

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F7

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #987EA4

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

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