#987EA6#987EA6

#987EA6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.066 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987EA6
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 166)
HSL	hsl(279, 18%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(279, 24%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 17.63, -17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 24.88, 315.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.0454 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.066 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2916, 24.3506, 39.3314)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987EA6 #8CA67E

analogous

#847EA6 #987EA6 #A67EA0

triadic

#987EA6 #A6987E #7EA698

tetradic

#987EA6 #A6847E #8CA67E #7EA0A6

square

#987EA6 #A6847E #8CA67E #7EA0A6

split-complementary

#987EA6 #A0A67E #7EA684

monochromatic

#594564 #7A5E89 #987EA6 #B5A2BF #D2C6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#987EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#987EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987EA6

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987EA6	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7886A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97838C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.066 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6a3c0',
    500: '#987ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987ea6;
$custom-light: #b6a3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 18.349,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6313,
    "c": 0.06582,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987EA6

secondary

#BDC8B8

accent

#BB6D88

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F7

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #987EA6

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

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