#987EA7#987EA7

#987EA7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.067 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987EA7
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 167)
HSL	hsl(278, 19%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(278, 25%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 24.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 17.85, -18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 25.39, 314.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.0458 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.067 313)
XYZ	xyz(27.3837, 24.3875, 39.8164)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987EA7 #8DA77E

analogous

#847EA7 #987EA7 #A77EA1

triadic

#987EA7 #A7987E #7EA798

tetradic

#987EA7 #A7847E #8DA77E #7EA1A7

square

#987EA7 #A7847E #8DA77E #7EA1A7

split-complementary

#987EA7 #A1A77E #7EA784

monochromatic

#5A4565 #7A5E8A #987EA7 #B5A2C0 #D2C7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#987EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#987EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987EA7

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987EA7	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7886A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97838C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.067 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6a3c1',
    500: '#987ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987ea7;
$custom-light: #b6a3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.049,
    "s": 18.894,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6317,
    "c": 0.0671,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.24387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987EA7

secondary

#BEC9B8

accent

#BC6C89

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F7

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #987EA7

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

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