#987EAE#987EAE

#987EAE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.076 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987EAE
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 174)
HSL	hsl(273, 23%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(273, 28%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 27.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 19.37, -21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 29.08, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.0479 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.076 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0484, 24.6533, 43.3171)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987EAE #94AE7E

analogous

#807EAE #987EAE #AE7EAC

triadic

#987EAE #AE987E #7EAE98

tetradic

#987EAE #AE807E #94AE7E #7EACAE

square

#987EAE #AE807E #94AE7E #7EACAE

split-complementary

#987EAE #ACAE7E #7EAE80

monochromatic

#5A456D #7A5C93 #987EAE #B6A4C6 #D4C9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#987EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#987EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987EAE

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987EAE	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7687B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95848F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.076 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3c6',
    500: '#987eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987eae;
$custom-light: #b7a3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 22.857,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63459,
    "c": 0.07621,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987EAE

secondary

#C3CDBA

accent

#BF6890

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F3F8

border

#D0CDD1

text

#110F13

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #987EAE

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

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