#987EA8#987EA8

#987EA8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.068 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987EA8
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 168)
HSL	hsl(277, 19%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(277, 25%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 25%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 18.06, -18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 25.92, 314.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% 0.0461 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.068 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4765, 24.4246, 40.3051)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987EA8 #8EA87E

analogous

#837EA8 #987EA8 #A87EA3

triadic

#987EA8 #A8987E #7EA898

tetradic

#987EA8 #A8837E #8EA87E #7EA3A8

square

#987EA8 #A8837E #8EA87E #7EA3A8

split-complementary

#987EA8 #A3A87E #7EA883

monochromatic

#5A4566 #7A5E8B #987EA8 #B5A3C1 #D2C7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#987EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#987EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987EA8

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987EA8	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)

#7886AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97838D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.068 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6a3c2',
    500: '#987ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987ea8;
$custom-light: #b6a3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 19.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63211,
    "c": 0.06839,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987EA8

secondary

#BFC9B8

accent

#BC6C8A

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F7

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #987EA8

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

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